snowmelt
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Noun edit
snowmelt (usually uncountable, plural snowmelts)
- Runoff from melting snow
- The snowmelt causes the river to flood.
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- Outside, a wind from the south had picked up, a thawing wind that quickened the patter of snowmelt on the back patio.
Related terms edit
- thaw (noun)