Definition of "freshet" [fresh•et]

• A sudden overflow of a stream resulting from a heavy rain or a thaw. (noun)
• A stream of fresh water that empties into a body of salt water. (noun)

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• "It was evident that, what in the language of the country is called a freshet was commencing."
• "There was nothing the matter with the director's plans on this occasion; every detail of the "freshet" had been made ready for with exactness and with prodigious regard to detail."
• "She had picked up a peavey one of the timbermen had left on this bank and was using is as a staff as she watched the "freshet" start."