washouts

/W AA1 SH AW0 T S/

noun

1
An appliance designed to wash something out.
“The cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.”
2
The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
“a bladder washout”
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
The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
5
A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
6
A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
7
The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
8
A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
“As an actor, he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting.”
9
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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