Definitions for washout

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washout wash·out

Spelling: [wosh-out, wawsh-]

IPA: /ˈwɒʃˌaʊt, ˈwɔʃ-/

Washout is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in washout (ahostuw).

Definitions for washout

noun

1. a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
2. the hole, break, or erosion produced by such a washing out.
3. Also, wash-out. Aeronautics. a warp in an airfoil that gives a decrease in the angle of attack toward the tip. Compare washin.
4. rainout.
5. Informal. an utter failure.
6. Informal. a person who has failed a course of training or study:

Origin of washout

First recorded in 1870-75; noun use of verb phrase wash out

Examples for washout

Just for an instant the word “washout” flashed through his mind.

When the washout bowl was introduced it was considered perfection.

This filling and repairing looks like the washout might have been true.

With one last look at the washout, they turned and began climbing the grade.

Then we fastened a tin bucket to a pole and fished the washout.

One day one of the students came up to him for washout check.

He knew the spring rains with their awesome powers of washout and flood.

But Gladys knew the reason now, for she had seen the washout.

I dare say it'll be a washout, but houses are scarce nowadays.

An attack that fails is a "washout," for not all attacks succeed.