MEANING
A sudden rise or strong flow of fresh water, often from heavy rain or melting snow.
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- spring freshet
- sudden freshet
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The spring freshet tore the footbridge from its supports.
A sudden freshet clouded the estuary with pale sediment.
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- freshet
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular freshet; plural freshets. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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