freshet  

Thesaurus for freshet

• noun
  • synonyms
    • spate, flow, flowing  

Pronunciation of freshet: F R EH1 SH IH0 T ('frɛʃɪt)

Number of syllables of freshet: 2

Definition of freshet

• (n): the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow  

Examples of freshet

• A freshet in 1894 caused the new course to become permanent.  
• The river is known for ice jams during the spring freshet.  
• I think the freshet caused the tree's death.  
• The crops were destroyed by a freshet and starvation was before them.  
• The flood was caused by a freshet.  
• A man predicts a freshet is going to come.  
• This bridge was washed away by a freshet in 1869.  
• The freshet caused a lot of deaths.  
• Water flow is highest during the spring freshet and lowest in the fall.  
• Another freshet closed the bridge.