Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first flush

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: first flush
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first growth of buds, flowers, seeds, or whatever is harvested from a plant.

noun

The beginning; the period of time when something is first starting.

noun

The flow of wastewater at the start of a storm or season, when runoff has the highest concentration of pollutants.

Example Sentences

"But, because the first flush of growth is from a preformed bud and subsequent flushes are from buds developed during the current growing season, chilling directly affects only the first flush."
"Planting dates, soil moisture, nutrition, and pest management should be designed to protect the first flush of floral buds, flowers, and pods."
"The first harvest, from the end of February to early April, is called the "first flush" and is when the tea with the finest aroma is collected."
"After harvesting the first flush, clean up all the withered pinheads and debris on the surface of the block."
"When however the first flush of our surprize is over we cannot fail to perceive that amid all this legerdemain there is a vast deal of nature united with that astonishing splendour of colouring which so many have tried to emulate."
"And though his money was now gone again, all but a sovereign or two, yet that troubled him but little, in the first flush of being at sea."

Inflected Forms

first flushes (plural)

Questions

What does first flush mean?: The first growth of buds, flowers, seeds, or whatever is harvested from a plant.

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