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
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; âstaccato applauseâ; âa staccato commandâ; âstaccato notesâ
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
