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snowmelt

US/ˈsnoʊˌmɛlt/

snowmelt noun: runoff from melting snow.

Noun

snowmelt (usually uncountable, plural snowmelts)

  1. (usually) Runoff from melting snow.
    • The snowmelt causes the river to flood.
    • Outside, a wind from the south had picked up, a thawing wind that quickened the patter of snowmelt on the back patio.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Forms of snowmelt

pluralsnowmelts
alternative formsnow melt

Origin of snowmelt

From snow + melt.

Questions about snowmelt

What does snowmelt mean?
Snowmelt means runoff from melting snow.
What part of speech is snowmelt?
Snowmelt is a noun.
How do you pronounce snowmelt?
Snowmelt is pronounced /ˈsnoʊˌmɛlt/ (US).
What is the plural of snowmelt?
The plural of snowmelt is snowmelts.

Words near snowmelt in the dictionary

  1. snowmanship
  2. snowmantled
  3. Snowmass
  4. Snowmass Creek
  5. Snowmass Village
  6. snowmelt
  7. snowmelts
  8. snowmen
  9. snowmeow
  10. snowmeows
  11. snowmew

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