Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun washout

3 senses of washout

Sense 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")
       => groove, channel -- (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))

Sense 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")
       => soil erosion -- (the washing away of soil by the flow of water)

Sense 3
flop, dud, washout -- (someone who is unsuccessful)
       => failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person -- (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)