meltwater

[ melt-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

noun

1. water from melted melt snow or ice.

meltwater

/ ˈmɛltˌwɔːtə /

noun

1. melted snow or ice

Word History and Origins

Origin of meltwater¹

First recorded in 1930–35; melt ¹ + water

Example Sentences

One possibility is that the glacier was holding back a lake of meltwater, and that heavy snowfall in the region two days earlier added enough volume to the lake that the water forced its way out, breaking the glacier and surging into nearby rivers.

From Science News

Therefore, climate change was directly responsible for the threat that meltwater posed to the city.

From Popular-Science

Boyd and his team sampled meltwater from glaciers in Iceland and Canada.

From Popular-Science

When meltwater reacts with minerals eroded by the glaciers, it produces hydrogen gas that microbes can use to generate chemical energy.

From Popular-Science

Previous research suggested that meltwater from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets might also play complicated feedback roles.

From Science News