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FRESHET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freshet mean?
• FRESHET (noun)
The noun FRESHET has 1 sense:
1. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Familiarity information: FRESHET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
freshet; spate
Hypernyms ("freshet" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
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