washout
Meaning of washout
noun
- An appliance designed to wash something out.
The cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.
- The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
a bladder washout
- A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.
- The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
- A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
- A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
- The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
- A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
As an actor, he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting.
- A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.
- The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing
Information about washout
- It is a name.
- The plural form of washout is: washouts.
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Hyphenation of washout
washout
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- washout is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
washout synonyms
Meaning wash:
Meaning flop:
Anagrams of washout
Words that rhyme with washout
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