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outwash

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. outwash (noun)
  2. outwash cone (noun)
  3. outwash plain (noun)
  4. outwash train (noun)

out·wash

noun \ˈau̇t-ˌwȯsh, -ˌwäsh\

Definition of OUTWASH

: detritus consisting chiefly of gravel and sand carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid down in stratified deposits

First Known Use of OUTWASH

1894

Rhymes with OUTWASH

awash, backwash, brainwash, brioche, car wash, downwash, eyewash, hogwash, mouthwash, rainwash, Siwash, wet wash, whitewash, wish-wash

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