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Defenition of the word washout

    • Defenition of the word washout

      • A sporting fixture that could not be completed because of rain.
      • The sudden erosion of soft surfaces by a gush of water usually occurring during a heavy downpour of rain or flooding.
      • (informal) someone who is unsuccessful
      • someone who is unsuccessful
      • the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"
      • the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road"
      • the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
      • the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water

    Synonyms for the word washout

      • bomb
      • disappointment
      • disaster
      • dud
      • failure
      • flop
      • flush out
      • hose down
      • rinse out
      • scrub down
      • swill down
      • wash
      • wash down

    Similar words in the washout

      • washout
      • washout's
      • washouts

    Hyponyms for the word washout

      • rain-wash

    Hypernyms for the word washout

      • channel
      • failure
      • groove
      • loser
      • nonstarter
      • soil erosion
      • unsuccessful person

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