washout
/หwษสaสt/IPA: /W AA1 SH AW0 T/
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An appliance designed to wash something out.
โThe cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.โ
- 2
The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
โa bladder washoutโ
- 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.
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The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
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A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
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A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
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The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
- 8
A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
โAs an actor, he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting.โ
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A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.
- 10
The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing
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