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freshet

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fresh⋅et

  [fresh-it]
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–noun
1. a freshwater stream flowing into the sea.
2. a sudden rise in the level of a stream, or a flood, caused by heavy rains or the rapid melting of snow and ice.
Origin:
1590–1600; fresh (n.) + -et

Synonyms:
2. See flood.
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fresh·et   (frěsh'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. A sudden overflow of a stream resulting from a heavy rain or a thaw.

  2. A stream of fresh water that empties into a body of salt water.

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freshet 
1596, "stream flowing into the sea," from fresh in a now obsolete sense of "flood, stream of fresh water." Meaning "flood caused by rain or melting snow" is from 1654.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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