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rainwash
[ reyn-wosh, -wawsh ]
/ ˈreɪnˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ /
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noun
material eroded or swept away by rain.
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How to use rainwash in a sentence
Often much of the face of the cliff is covered with slip or rainwash, and overgrown with vegetation.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight|J. Cecil HughesIn winter the clays become semi-liquid, in summer the surface may be largely slip and rainwash, baked hard by the sun.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight|J. Cecil HughesIt has been formed by rainwash from a hill of chalk, which must once have existed to the south.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight|J. Cecil Hughes