Meltoff
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meltoff is a noun meaning The melting of snowpack at the end of winter.
Meaning
The melting of snowpack at the end of winter.
More Meanings
- The water produced by the melting of the snowpack.
Example Sentences
The snowpack deepens as long as accumulation exceeds meltoff , usually until mid-March.
In years of late meltoff, ground squirrels emerge and burrow up through the snow with little difficulty.
It was low and slow at this time of year, all the fish up the creek, all the meltoff out in the Gulf, but it was still beautiful.
Thus mosses are in a position to photosynthesize at significant rates immediately after meltoff since their relative photosynthetic competence is high and since a substantial amount of evergreen tissue is present.
Word Forms
- meltoffs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include melt, snowmelt, snowbase, slush, ice-out, snowpack.
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