snowmelt

noun

snow·​melt ˈsnō-ˌmelt How to pronounce snowmelt (audio)
: runoff produced by melting snow

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Be prepared to move up and down the mountain to adjust for temperature and snowmelt. Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025 One major failing has been a slow response to an obvious need for more water storage — either in reservoirs or underground aquifers — to capture winter rains and spring snowmelts as a buffer for dry years. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025 The snowpack is only 74 percent of the April 1 amount, a benchmark indicating how much water the state can expect to see from snowmelt. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025 Most of California’s urban population and farms receive water through the state and federal water projects, which transport supplies from Sierra Nevada snowmelt into the Delta and out through aqueducts, reservoirs and pipelines. Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snowmelt

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowmelt was circa 1927

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“Snowmelt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowmelt. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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