Definition of spates Spates
/spejˈts/ - [speyts] -
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What does spates mean?
Wiktionary 
- spates (Noun)
Plural of spate.
Part of speech
🔤- spates, noun, plural of spate.
WordNet
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| spate - (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" | ||
| 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 | ||
| large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude | ||
| inundation, deluge, torrent, flood a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" | ||
| spate - a sudden forceful flow | ||
| rush, surge, upsurge | ||
| flowing, flow the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | ||
| debris storm, debris surge the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building; "the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge" | ||
| spate - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | ||
| freshet | ||
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Wiktionary
- spate (Noun)
A river flood; an overflow or inundation. - spate (Noun)
A sudden rush or increase.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spate (n.)
A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spate
Spait, spāt, n. a sudden flood, as in a stream after heavy rain. [Prob. Ir. speid.]
Part of speech
🔤- spate, noun, singular of spates.
