spate

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noun

1. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
• Syn:
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
• Derivationally related forms:
wad (for: wad), plenteous (for: plenty), pile (for: pile), heap (for: heap)
• Hypernyms:
large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
• Hyponyms:
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow
2. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
• Syn:
freshet
• Hypernyms:
flow, flowing
3. a sudden forceful flow
• Syn:
rush, surge, upsurge
• Derivationally related forms:
surge (for: surge)
• Hypernyms:
flow, flowing
• Hyponyms:
debris surge, debris storm, onrush

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  freshet, rush, surge, upsurge, batch