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spate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word spate
Definition
(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms : batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mass , mess , mickle , mint , mountain , muckle , passel , peck , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , sight , slew , stack , tidy sum , wad
Example Sentence
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
Definition
(noun) a sudden forceful flow
Synonyms : rush , surge , upsurge
Definition
(noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Synonyms : freshet

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for spate

What will be fate of our state if there is a SPATE OR SUDDEN FLOOD?

30 13

Spate sounds like spout. Think of water rushing from a spout.

7 6

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Spate=spat(spit) but rather pure water.

7 3

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