Definition of Spate

Noun: spate speyt

(often followed by 'of') a large number, amount or extent
"a spate of letters";
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad, bunch
A sudden forceful flow
- rush, surge, upsurge, upswell
The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
- freshet