snowmelt
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snow·melt
(snō′mĕlt′)n.
1. The runoff from melting snow.
2. A period or season when such runoff occurs: streams that flood during snowmelt.
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snowmelt
(ˈsnəʊˌmɛlt)n
(Physical Geography) water produced by the melting of snow
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snow•melt
(ˈsnoʊˌmɛlt)n.
1. water from melting snow.
2. the amount of such water.
[1925–30]
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