freshet
IPA: frˈɛʃʌt
noun
- A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
- (poetic) A small stream, especially one flowing into the sea.
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Examples of "freshet" in Sentences
- The flood was caused by a freshet.
- Another freshet closed the bridge.
- The freshet caused a lot of deaths.
- A man predicts a freshet is going to come.
- I think the freshet caused the tree's death.
- This bridge was washed away by a freshet in 1869.
- The river is known for ice jams during the spring freshet.
- A freshet in 1894 caused the new course to become permanent.
- The crops were destroyed by a freshet and starvation was before them.
- Water flow is highest during the spring freshet and lowest in the fall.