flot
- noun
- /flɒt/
- Archaic
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oleada
- The river sent a flot of debris downstream after the heavy rains.
Examples
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A sudden flot of tourists arrived at the beach.
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A flot of letters arrived at the office following the announcement.
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A sudden flot of shoppers surged into the store when the sale began at noon.
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The river experienced a massive flot of debris after the storm.
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A sudden flot of students poured into the auditorium for the surprise assembly.
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After the announcement, a flot of applications flooded the admissions office.
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The sudden flot of water overwhelmed the banks during the spring thaw.
Synonyms
A sudden large flow of feelings or help from many people
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flot is easy to remember if you think of float ('to float') and flood ('a large flow'), because both give the image of things moving or pouring forward. So a flot is a sudden flow or mass of people, things, or water.