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waterlogged

 
Dictionary: wa·ter·logged   (wô'tər-lôgd', -lŏgd', wŏt'ər-) pronunciation
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adj.
  1. Nautical. Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold: a waterlogged ship.
  2. Soaked or saturated with water: waterlogged fields; waterlogged docking.

[WATER + logged, past participle of LOG1, to accumulate (water) in a ship .]


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In the archaeological context this refers to material that is permanently wet as a result of being below the level of the local water table or within a microenvironment such as might be created in the bottom of a ditch, pit, or well. Organic remains, especially wood, are generally well preserved through waterlogging because anaerobic conditions prevail.
WordNet: waterlogged
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: soaked with moisture
  Synonym: soggy

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Archaeology Dictionary. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology. Copyright © 2002, 2003 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.  Read more
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