SPATE

freshet, spate

(noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

rush, spate, surge, upsurge

(noun) a sudden forceful flow

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, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

(noun) (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent; “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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

spate (plural spates)

A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

A sudden rush or increase.

Anagrams

• Pesta, aspet, paste, pates, peats, pâtés, sepat, septa, septa-, speat, stape, tapes, tepas

Source: Wiktionary

Spate, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. speid.]

Definition: A river flood; an overflow or inundation. Burns. Gareth in a showerful spring Stared at the spate. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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