Definition of spate
English to English 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - a sudden forceful flow
source: WordNet 3.0 - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
source: WordNet 3.0 - A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
source: Webster 1913
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spate, spathe, spat, scopate, spathed, septate, spade, spite, spute, sapat, spatiate, sebate, septet, spayed, spatha, sapote, sopite, supputate, spad, shafted
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