Word "SPATE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Synonyms:
freshet

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a sudden forceful flow
Synonyms:
rush, surge, upsurge

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad

Crossword Clues for SPATE

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Clue Source Date
Large number Newsday 26 Jul 2025
Flood The Telegraph Plusword 01 Jul 2025
Increased quantity The Sun Two Speed 19 Jun 2025
Row close to huge wave The Sun Two Speed 19 Jun 2025
Sudden rush, outpouring The Times Concise 18 Jun 2025
Outpouring Thomas Joseph 16 Jun 2025
Flood of butter in the south-east (5)
Sudden outpouring Newsday 26 May 2025
Floating past end of lane in flood (5)
Fast flow, rush, or outpouring (5) The Sun Mini 16 May 2025
Sudden surge New York Times 06 May 2025
Onrush Mirror Tea Time 29 Apr 2025
Sudden outpouring Newsday 28 Apr 2025
Rash of tapes malfunctioning (5)
Flood at spring half term (5)
Sudden surge The Telegraph Plusword 26 Mar 2025
A lot of tapes in a tangle
Small head rash (5) Puzzler Cryptic 06 Mar 2025
Sudden outpouring Newsday 27 Feb 2025
Turn taps with energy and create a flood (5) Puzzler Cryptic 18 Feb 2025
Quick series of events (5)
Sudden rush LA Times Mini 14 Jan 2025
Flood in resort by edges of terrace (5)
Flood can become a pest (5)
Disheartened Swede grips faucet, pulling it upwards, causing a sudden outpouring
A sudden forceful flow (5)
A pest can be simply too much! (5)
Sudden onrush Eugene Sheffer 25 Dec 2024
A sudden outpouring
Too much water can spoil tapes (5)
Sudden outpouring Universal 19 Nov 2024
Prince occupying damaged seat in flood (5)
Turn taps with energy and create a flood (5) Puzzler Cryptic 15 Nov 2024
Increased quantity Spanish consumed The Sun Two Speed 11 Nov 2024
Deluge The Sun Two Speed 11 Nov 2024
Father set about repairing, due to the flood (5)
Flurry LA Times Daily 28 Oct 2024
Increased quantity The Sun Two Speed 26 Oct 2024
Quarrel over eastern flood The Sun Two Speed 26 Oct 2024
Sudden proliferation
Increased quantity The Sun Two Speed 30 Sep 2024
Row close to huge wave The Sun Two Speed 30 Sep 2024
Sudden upsurge (5)
Flood or outbreak (5) Puzzler 14 Sep 2024
Inundation in resort on borders of Teesside (5)
Sudden increase in quantity; paste (anag.) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Aug 2024
Sudden onrush Eugene Sheffer 07 Aug 2024
Turn taps with energy and create a flood (5) Puzzler Cryptic 05 Aug 2024
Paste mixed with too much water
Sudden inundation's well over western parts of Tewkesbury The Times Cryptic 18 Jun 2024
Sudden outpouring Wall Street Journal 15 Jun 2024
Small head in flood
Excessive water in mixing paste (5)
Flood of faulty tapes (5)
To cook eats around the piano is too much! (5)
Turn taps a quarter and get a flood
Sudden rush to satisfy the president within (5)
Sudden flood in river (5)
At spring time, I'm out a lot (5)
Flood of (5)
A whole lot of tapestries, half of them damaged (5)
Sudden burst LA Times Mini 08 Apr 2024
Rush, outpouring Mirror Classic 18 Mar 2024
Deluge Mirror Tea Time 07 Mar 2024
Fast flow (5)
Tapes new series (5)
How a flood is recorded on tapes
Flood; tapes (anag.)
Row close to huge wave The Sun Two Speed 09 Jan 2024
Increased quantity The Sun Two Speed 09 Jan 2024
Rush, outpouring Mirror Classic 08 Jan 2024
Much beyond the minimum Newsday 30 Dec 2023
Special Greek character backed in series (5)
Sudden flood Premier Sunday 15 Oct 2023
Sudden rush Wall Street Journal 17 Jun 2023
Flurry Wall Street Journal 07 Jun 2023
Flood New York Times 16 Apr 2023
Outpouring Universal 03 Jan 2023
A lot row, ending in lake The Times Cryptic 20 Dec 2022
Sudden onrush Eugene Sheffer 15 Oct 2022
Sudden wave New York Times 12 Oct 2022
Outpouring Thomas Joseph 16 Jul 2022
Sudden burst Newsday 16 Jun 2022
Flood The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2022
Sudden onrush Eugene Sheffer 09 Apr 2022
Sudden rush USA Today 29 Sep 2021
Outpouring Wall Street Journal 20 Sep 2021
Noah's beginning to leave pens at being prepared for flood
Sudden outpouring The Washington Post 23 May 2021
Sudden outpouring LA Times Daily 23 May 2021
Sudden onrush Eugene Sheffer 20 May 2021
Overflow The Washington Post 15 Apr 2021
Overflow LA Times Daily 15 Apr 2021
Outpouring Thomas Joseph 31 Mar 2021
Sudden succession Wall Street Journal 04 Mar 2021
Sudden rush Newsday 27 Feb 2021
Inundation well above odd ones appearing in Tees
Sudden flood USA Today 01 Oct 2020
Sudden rush Wall Street Journal 24 Sep 2020
Flood, rush The Telegraph Quick 05 Jul 2020
Outpouring Newsday 29 May 2020
Deluge The Telegraph Quick 24 May 2020
Sudden flurry USA Today 03 May 2020
Flurry Wall Street Journal 18 Apr 2020
Rush New York Times 10 Apr 2020
Sudden outpouring USA Today 15 Mar 2020
Sudden outpouring Newsday 09 Mar 2020
Flurry New York Times 24 Feb 2020
Row close to huge wave
Flood finally goes overhead
Avalanche LA Times Daily 24 Oct 2019
Avalanche The Washington Post 24 Oct 2019
Outpouring Wall Street Journal 20 Jul 2019
Succession of similar things (rhymes with a card suit)
Sudden rush USA Today 21 Apr 2019
Sudden rush Universal 28 Feb 2019
Onrush Newsday 07 Feb 2019
Sudden flurry
Avalanche
Outpouring
Sudden outpouring
Sudden rush
Dramatic outpouring LA Times Daily 09 Nov 2018
Dramatic outpouring The Washington Post 09 Nov 2018
Up New York Times 01 Nov 2018
Torrent The Washington Post Sunday 23 Sep 2018
Quarrel over eastern flood
A lot of similar things? Exactly right in southeast
Sudden torrent USA Today 08 Jul 2018
Sudden outpouring Wall Street Journal 16 Jun 2018
Sudden flood Universal 04 Jun 2018
Sudden river flood The Times Concise 05 Apr 2018
Sudden flow Universal 27 Jan 2018
Rush
Sudden torrent
Sudden flow
Sudden flood
Sudden increased quantity The Telegraph Quick 01 Jan 2018
Dramatic outpouring
Sudden outpouring New York Times 01 Jan 2018
Sudden outpouring
Sudden outpouring
Sudden outpouring Family Time 06 Nov 2017
Rush The Washington Post Sunday 29 Oct 2017
Bunch of mixed tapes
Dramatic outpouring Universal 10 Sep 2017
More than a trickle Wall Street Journal 08 Aug 2017
Flood; sudden burst The Guardian Speedy 08 Jul 2017
Flood The Washington Post 30 Jun 2017
Flood LA Times Daily 30 Jun 2017
Water valves turned before engineer's first flood
Sudden rush Premier Sunday 16 Apr 2017
Sudden burst Wall Street Journal 07 Feb 2017
Outpouring, as of words Universal 23 Jan 2017
Sudden burst LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2017
Run New York Times 14 Jan 2017
Excessive amount Universal 07 Jan 2017
Excessive amount
Flood
Dramatic outpouring
Run
Sudden gush Universal 30 Nov 2016
Sudden rush LA Times Daily 30 Apr 2016
Flood The Telegraph Quick 10 Apr 2016
Unexpected rush Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2016
Sudden rush The Washington Post 29 Jan 2016
Sudden gush
Flood starts swirling overhead
Sudden influx Newsday 01 Jul 2015
Sudden outpouring Universal 18 Apr 2015
Flood New York Times 10 Feb 2015
Flood
Outpouring
Sudden burst
Flood
Outpouring
Sudden rush
Sudden influx
Sudden outpouring
Sudden outpouring
Flood bringing core of slurry to the fore?
Outpouring, as of words
Sudden influx
Rash
Sudden outpouring
Sudden burst
Overwhelming rush
Avalanche
Flurry
Outpouring
Forceful flow
Flurry
Big rush
Sudden torrent
Outpouring
Large influx
Outpouring, as of words
Verbal outpouring
Rash
Sudden burst
Sudden outpouring
Rash
Sudden burst
Sudden outpouring
Rash or rush
Torrent
Rash
Rash
Outpouring
Torrent
Onrush
Rash
Outpouring
A whole heap
Sudden rush
Outpouring, as of words
Sudden outburst
Sudden rush
Sudden influx
Flash flood
Torrent
Rash
Flood
Sudden outburst
Outpouring
Sudden burst
Avalanche
Avalanche
Sudden rush
Deluge
Outbreak
Flood
Great deal
Sudden downpour
Sudden inundation
Flood
Outpouring
Rush
Verbal outpouring
Flood
Torrent
Deluge
Sudden outpouring
Rash
Sudden outpouring of PATES?
Rash
Outpouring
Trickle's opposite
Gusher
Large number
Deluge
Forceful flow
Flood
Sudden rush
Cloudburst
Inundation
Rush of floodwater
Surfeit
Oversupply
Freshet
Sudden heavy storm
Excessive amount
Inundation
Sudden flood
Flash flood
Freshet
Outburst
Torrent
Large outpouring
Sudden Niagara
Sudden gush
Sudden outburst
Excessive number
Gush
Outpouring.
Sudden outburst.
Flooded condition, as of a river.
Excessive outpouring, as of words.
Rush of words.
Sudden flood
Flash flood
Avalanche
Flash flood.
Outburst.
A rush, as of words.
Freshet: Brit.
A freshet, in Britain.
Heavy rain.
Flash flood, in Britain.
Freshet.
Flood, in Britain.
Flood.
Sudden, heavy rain.
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