Definitions for freshets

freshets fresh·et

Spelling: [fresh-it]
IPA: /ˈfrɛʃ ɪt/

Freshets is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in freshets (eefhrsst).

Definitions for freshets

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 freshets

1590-1600; fresh (noun) + -et

Examples for freshets

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for freshets
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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