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 âofâ) a large number or amount or extent; âa batch of lettersâ; âa deal of troubleâ; âa lot of moneyâ; âhe made a mint on the stock marketâ; âsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosâ; âit must have cost plentyâ; âa slew of journalistsâ; âa wad of moneyâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spate (plural spates)
A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
A sudden rush or increase.
• Pesta, aspet, paste, pates, peats, pĂątĂ©s, 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
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; âvast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resourcesâ; âtaxes on undeveloped lots are lowâ
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
