assoreamento

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From a- +‎ sob +‎ areia +‎ -mento or from assorear +‎ -mento. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: as‧so‧re‧a‧men‧to === Noun === assoreamento m (usually uncountable, plural assoreamentos) siltation/silting (accumulation of debris (sand, pebbles, silt, etc.) in areas of low elevation of the riverbed, especially in the final part) siltation/silting (obstruction of the bar of a river, port, etc., by the deposit of debris) === Further reading === “assoreamento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “assoreamento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “assoreamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026