spate meaning
UK /speɪt/ US /speɪt/ 1 syllable
spate (noun): (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.
spate has 3 meanings in this dictionary.
spate as a noun
- (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
Synonyms: 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
Type of: large indefinite quantity
- a sudden forceful flow
Synonyms: rush, surge, upsurge
Type of: flow
Kinds: debris surge, onrush
- the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Synonyms: freshet
Type of: flow
How to pronounce spate
spate is pronounced /speɪt/ in British English and /speɪt/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.
Words that rhyme with spate
Word lists: words starting with SP · words ending in TE · 5-letter words
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