Noun washout has 3 senses
  1. washout - the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road"
    --1 is a kind of
    groove, channel
  2. washout, wash - the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"
    --2 is a kind of soil erosion
    --2 has particulars: rain-wash
    Derived form: verb wash out3
  3. flop, dud, washout - someone who is unsuccessful
    --3 is a kind of failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
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