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meltoffs

meltoffs is the plural of meltoff.

Meaning of meltoff

Noun

meltoff (countable and uncountable, plural meltoffs)

  1. The melting of snowpack at the end of winter.
    • Thus mosses are in a position to photosynthesize at significant rates immediately after meltoff since their relative photosynthetic competence is high and since a substantial amount of evergreen tissue is present.2012, Larry L. Tieszen, Vegetation and Production Ecology of an Alaskan Arctic Tundra, →ISBN
  2. The water produced by the melting of the snowpack.
    • The snowpack deepens as long as accumulation exceeds meltoff , usually until mid-March.2000, David Gilligan, The Secret Sierra: The Alpine World Above the Trees

Questions about meltoffs

What is meltoffs the plural of?
Meltoffs is the plural of meltoff.

Words near meltoffs in the dictionary

  1. meltingpoints
  2. meltings
  3. meltith
  4. meltiths
  5. meltoff
  6. meltoffs
  7. melton
  8. Melton Constable
  9. Melton Mowbray
  10. Melton Mowbrays
  11. Melton South

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