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Meaning of 'washout' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Washout [ n.]
- The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.

Meaning of 'washout' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . washout [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
Example in sentence:
  • from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
Meaning (2):
- the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
Example in sentence:
  • it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road

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