snowmelt

English

Alternative forms

• snow melt

Etymology

snow +‎ melt

Noun

snowmelt (usually uncountable, plural snowmelts)

1. Runoff from melting snow

   The snowmelt causes the river to flood.

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     Outside, a wind from the south had picked up, a thawing wind that quickened the patter of snowmelt on the back patio.

Related terms

• thaw (noun)