Meltoff

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The melting of snowpack at the end of winter. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    The water produced by the melting of the snowpack. countable, uncountable

    "The snowpack deepens as long as accumulation exceeds meltoff , usually until mid-March."

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More examples

"Although no one is predicting a total meltoff all at once, keeping an eye on ice formation, runoff amounts and how the water is moving is critical to accurately predicting sea level changes."

Etymology

melt + off

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