WASHOUT
Dictionary entry overview: What does washout mean?
• WASHOUT (noun)
The noun WASHOUT has 3 senses:
1. the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
2. the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
3. someone who is unsuccessful
Familiarity information: WASHOUT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• WASHOUT (noun)
Meaning:
The channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Context example:
it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road
Hypernyms ("washout" is a kind of...):
channel; groove (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))
Meaning:
The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
washout; wash
Context example:
from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
Hypernyms ("washout" is a kind of...):
soil erosion (the washing away of soil by the flow of water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "washout"):
rain-wash (the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain)
Meaning:
Someone who is unsuccessful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dud; flop; washout
Hypernyms ("washout" is a kind of...):
failure; loser; nonstarter; unsuccessful person (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
