freshet
pronunciation
How to pronounce freshet in British English:
UK ['freʃɪt]
How to pronounce freshet in American English:
US ['freʃɪt]
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- Noun:
- the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Word Origin
- freshet (n.)
- 1590s, "stream of fresh water; stream flowing into the sea," from obsolete fresh (n.) "a stream in flood" (1530s), also "mingling of fresh and salt water," from fresh (adj.1). Old English had fersceta in the same sense. Meaning "small flood or increased flow of an ebb tide caused by rain or melting snow" is from 1650s.
Example
- 1. Critical precipitation inducing freshet was analyzed and confirmed in this article through the relevant data of mountain torrent disaster and precipitation .