meltwater

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noun

Water from melting ice or snow.

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Meanings

nounmeltwater (countable and uncountable, plural meltwaters)

plural meltwaters

  1. countableuncountableWater from melting ice or snow.

Origin

From melt + water.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 融水
  • 融水 (róngshuǐ)water from melting ice or snow
Dutch smeltwater
  • smeltwaterwater from melting ice or snow
Esperanto fandakvo
  • fandakvowater from melting ice or snow
Finnish sulamisvesi, sulavesi
  • sulamisvesiwater from melting ice or snow
  • sulavesiwater from melting ice or snow
French eau de fonte
  • eau de fontewater from melting ice or snow
German Schmelzwasser
  • Schmelzwasserwater from melting ice or snow
Irish leá-uisce
  • leá-uiscewater from melting ice or snow
Norwegian Bokmål smeltevann
  • smeltevannwater from melting ice or snow
Swedish smältvatten
  • smältvattenwater from melting ice or snow
Welsh dŵr toddi
  • dŵr toddiwater from melting ice or snow
Cite this entry
APA

meltwater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meltwater

MLA

“meltwater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meltwater. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meltwater,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meltwater.

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