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RAIN-WASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rain-wash mean? 

RAIN-WASH (noun)
  The noun RAIN-WASH has 1 sense:

1. the washing away of soil or other loose material by rainplay

  Familiarity information: RAIN-WASH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAIN-WASH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The washing away of soil or other loose material by rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("rain-wash" is a kind of...):

wash; washout (the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway))


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