About The Word Spate
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Spate
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What's The Definition Of Spate?
[n] the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
[n] a sudden forceful flow [n] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" Synonyms | Synonyms for Spate: batch | deal | flock | freshet | good deal | great deal | hatful | heap | lot | mass | mess | mickle | mint | muckle | peck | pile | plenty | pot | quite a little | raft | rush | sight | slew | stack | surge | tidy sum | upsurge | wad | whole lot | whole slew Related Terms | Find terms related to Spate: See Also | deluge | flood | flow | flowing | inundation | large indefinite amount | large indefinite quantity | onrush | torrent Spate In Webster's Dictionary \Spate\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. speid.]
A river flood; an overflow or inundation. --Burns.
Gareth in a showerful spring Stared at the spate.
--Tennyson.
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