Usually means: Water formed from melting ice.
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  1. meltwater: Merriam-Webster
  2. meltwater: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. meltwater: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. meltwater: Collins English Dictionary
  5. meltwater: Vocabulary.com
  6. Meltwater, meltwater: Wordnik
  7. meltwater: Wiktionary
  8. meltwater: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. meltwater: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. meltwater: Dictionary.com
  11. Meltwater (company), Meltwater: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. meltwater: Rhymezone
  13. meltwater: FreeDictionary.org
  14. meltwater: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. meltwater: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. meltwater: Encyclopedia

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (meltwater)

▸ noun:  Water from melting ice or snow.

Similar:
icemelt, cloudwater, melt, icewater, water ice, thaw, hydrometeor, water smoke, water of crystallization, table water, more...

Opposite:
freeze, ice, solid water

Types:
glacial, river, groundwater, snowmelt, rainwater, more...

Phrases:
Meltwater pulse 1A, Meltwater pulse 1B, more...

Adjectives:
glacial, subglacial, basal, glacier, cold, fresh, abundant, laden, much, refrozen, supraglacial

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Similar:
icemelt, cloudwater, melt, icewater, water ice, thaw, hydrometeor, water smoke, water of crystallization, table water, more...

Opposite:
freeze, ice, solid water

Types:
glacial, river, groundwater, snowmelt, rainwater, more...

Phrases:
Meltwater pulse 1A, Meltwater pulse 1B, more...

Adjectives:
glacial, subglacial, basal, glacier, cold, fresh, abundant, laden, much, refrozen, supraglacial



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