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Noun: spate speyt- (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad - A sudden forceful flow
- rush, surge, upsurge - The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
- freshet
Derived forms: spates Type of: flow, flowing, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity Encyclopedia: Spate |