| NOUN | quantity | spate, 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, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent |
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| event | spate, rush, surge, upsurge | a sudden forceful flow | |
| event | spate, freshet | the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow |
| Sounds | spey't | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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| Synonyms | 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, stack, tidy sum, wad | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
| Meaning | A sudden forceful flow. | |
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| Synonyms | rush, surge, upsurge | |
| Narrower | debris surge, debris storm | The sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building |
| onrush | A forceful forward rush or flow | |
| Broader | flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases) |
| Meaning | The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow. | |
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| Synonym | freshet | |
| Broader | flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases) |
| Spanish | aguaducho, avenida, crecida, riada | |
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