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Washout   /wˈɑʃˌaʊt/   Listen
Washout

noun
1.
The channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water.
2.
The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway).  Synonym: wash.
3.
Someone who is unsuccessful.  Synonyms: dud, flop.





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"Washout" Quotes from Famous Books



... She could hear the labored breathing of the horses now and suddenly two riders flashed into sight around the curve of the hill. Instantly they pulled their horses on their haunches and swung them with rein and spur into the deep washout in the gulch where the giant sagebrush ...
— The Lady Doc • Caroline Lockhart
... the brink of a steep washout at the upper edge of one of the benches on the mountain side just below where the abrupt slope began. They were alongside a little gully with sheer walls. I rode my horse to within forty yards of them, ...
— American Big Game in Its Haunts • Various


Words linked to "Washout" :   colloquialism, failure, groove, channel, unsuccessful person, nonstarter, loser, rain-wash, wash out, soil erosion


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