OUTWASH


Meaning of OUTWASH in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: out (III) + wash (after wash out, v.)

1.

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

b. : meltwater from a glacier

2. : soil material washed down a hillside by rainwater and spread upon the more gently sloping adjacent land

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