snowmelt

noun
/ˈsnoʊˌmɛlt/US

Etymology

From snow + melt.

  1. derived from *(s)meld-
  2. inherited from *meltaną
  3. inherited from *meltan
  4. inherited from meltan
  5. inherited from melten
  6. formed as snowmelt — “snow + melt

Definitions

  1. Runoff from melting snow.

    • The snowmelt causes the river to flood.
    • Outside, a wind from the south had picked up, a thawing wind that quickened the patter of snowmelt on the back patio.
    • Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for snowmelt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA