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spate

Nouns

• (n) (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
  good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, quite a little, slew, tidy sum, batch, heap, mass, mountain, pile, plenty, raft, stack, wad, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight,
• (n) a sudden forceful flow surge, upsurge, rush,
• (n) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow freshet,

Synonyms

good deal great deal hatful lot mickle mint muckle passel peck quite a little slew tidy sum batch heap mass mountain pile plenty raft stack wad deal flock pot mess sight surge upsurge rush freshet

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