meltwater
noun/ˈmeltwɔːtə(r)/
/ˈmeltwɔːtər/
[uncountable] (also meltwaters
/ˈmeltwɔːtəz/
/ˈmeltwɔːtərz/
[plural])- water formed by the melting of snow and ice, especially from a glacier (= a large moving mass of ice)
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