Definitions for freshet

freshet fresh·et

Spelling: [fresh-it]
IPA: /ˈfrɛʃ ɪt/

Freshet is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in freshet (eefhrst).

Definitions for freshet

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 of freshet

1590-1600; fresh (noun) + -et

Examples for freshet

"You might have to wait till next spring for a freshet," he said cheerfully.

Just now the spring freshet had subsided, which meant that the river was clear of ice.

It may be imagined how piety intensifies in a freshet, or in a heavy gale of wind!

At that time the water, clearing after a summer freshet, was fairly low.

During my return down the river, it was in a freshet, and we went headlong.

Some wanted a freshet, some wanted a drizzle, and some wanted a fog.

The roar of the freshet awoke Nan in her bed before daybreak.

So, if my boy ever saw a freshet, it naturally made no impression upon him.

Logs, planks, and the other flotsam of a freshet moved on in the van of the flood.

And, John, I did not tell them anything except that the freshet had swept me away.

Word Value for freshet
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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