snowmelt

noun

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

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These off-the-grid cabins are rustic, usually with no plumbing and reliant upon snowmelt for water. The Denver Post, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026 Heavier rainfall, fast snowmelt and rising seas are pushing water control systems beyond what many levees were designed to handle. Farshid Vahedifard, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025 Gamboni had turned toward the obscure, scraping bows across guitar strings, recording snowmelt, making art films in derelict buildings. Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 How much water ultimately makes it into that system depends on snowmelt and rainfall on the Salt and Verde watersheds, which SRP is trying to track more accurately. Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 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 10 Jan. 2026.

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