Freshet
[fresh-it] /ˈfrɛʃ ɪt/
noun
1.
a freshwater stream flowing into the sea.
2.
a sudden rise in the level of a stream, or a flood, caused by heavy rains or the rapid melting of snow and ice.
/ˈfrɛʃɪt/
noun
1.
the sudden overflowing of a river caused by heavy rain or melting snow
2.
a stream of fresh water emptying into the sea
n.
1590s, “stream flowing into the sea,” from fresh (adj.1) in a now obsolete sense of “flood, stream of fresh water” (1530s). Old English had fersceta in the same sense. Meaning “flood caused by rain or melting snow” is from 1650s.
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