washout

/หˆwษ’สƒaสŠt/

IPA: /W AA1 SH AW0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    An appliance designed to wash something out.

    โ€œThe cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.โ€

  2. 2

    The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.

    โ€œa bladder washoutโ€

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.

  5. 5

    A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.

  6. 6

    A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.

  7. 7

    The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).

  8. 8

    A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.

    โ€œAs an actor, he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting.โ€

  9. 9

    A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.

  10. 10

    The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/washout