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Spate

Spate Meaning & Definition
Spate Definition And Meaning

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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