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washout

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: washout

1
 n
the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
2
 n
someone who is unsuccessful
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: washout
1

n 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”
Type of:
channel, groove
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

n 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”
Synonyms:
wash
Types:
rain-wash
the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain
Type of:
soil erosion
the washing away of soil by the flow of water
2

n someone who is unsuccessful

Synonyms:
dud, flop
Type of:
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
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