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PRONUNCIATION OF OUTWASH

outwash  [ˈaʊtˌwɒʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OUTWASH

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Outwash is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OUTWASH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

outwash

Outwash plain

An outwash plain, or sandur, is a plain formed of glacial sediments deposited by meltwater outwash at the terminus of a glacier.

Definition of outwash in the English dictionary

The definition of outwash in the dictionary is a mass of gravel, sand, etc, carried and deposited by the water derived from melting glaciers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OUTWASH


backwash
ˈbækˌwɒʃ
bagwash
ˈbæɡˌwɒʃ
blackwash
ˈblækˌwɒʃ
brainwash
ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ
colourwash
ˈkʌləˌwɒʃ
downwash
ˈdaʊnˌwɒʃ
eggwash
ˈɛɡˌwɒʃ
eyewash
ˈaɪˌwɒʃ
flatwash
ˈflætˌwɒʃ
greenwash
ˈɡriːnˌwɒʃ
hogwash
ˈhɒɡˌwɒʃ
limewash
ˈlaɪmˌwɒʃ
mouthwash
ˈmaʊθˌwɒʃ
pigwash
ˈpɪɡˌwɒʃ
rainwash
ˈreɪnˌwɒʃ
stonewash
ˈstəʊnˌwɒʃ
strip-wash
ˈstrɪpˌwɒʃ
toothwash
ˈtuːθˌwɒʃ
whitewash
ˈwaɪtˌwɒʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OUTWASH

outwait
outwalk
outwar
outward
Outward Bound
outward journey
outward-looking
outwardly
outwardness
outwards
outwatch
outwear
outweary
outweed
outweep
outweigh
outwell
outwent
outwick
outwile

WORDS THAT END LIKE OUTWASH

awash
car wash
come out in the wash
facial wash
hand-wash
overwash
pig´s wash
prewash
rewash
screen wash
siwash
swash
wish-wash

Synonyms and antonyms of outwash in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «outwash» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OUTWASH

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The translations of outwash from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «outwash» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冰水沉积
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

outwash
570 millions of speakers

English

outwash
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

outwash
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

outwash
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зандровая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

outwash
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

outwash
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

outwash
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecualian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sander
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アウトウォッシュ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

outwash
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyebarake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

outwash
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

outwash
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माघार घेणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

outwash
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

outwash
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sandrowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зандрова
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

outwash
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

outwash
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

outwash
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

outwash
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

outwash
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTWASH»

The term «outwash» is regularly used and occupies the 108.342 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTWASH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about outwash

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OUTWASH»

Discover the use of outwash in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to outwash and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Modern and Past Glacial Environments
Fines exposed on outwash surfaces are frequently removed by winds and accumulate as loessic or dune distal deposits (Menzies, 1996, chapter 6). With the large- scale transport of fines from the fluvial system, few outwash deposits contain ...
John Menzies, 2002
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Also, glacial outwash, overwash, outwash drift. 2. soil material that has been transported down an incline by rainwater and deposited on more gently sloping land. outwash apron see outwash plain. outwash cone Geology, a steep-sided, ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Construction Dewatering and Groundwater Control: New Methods ...
Layering is not uncommon in outwash, since changes in Pleistocene weather caused increase or decrease in the velocity of the melt water. Outwash sands and gravels can be extremely permeable. Geologists have deduced that Pleistocene ...
J. Patrick Powers, Christine J. Herridge, 2007
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Catastrophic Outwash Plains on Earth and Mars: Comparisons ...
(2000) showed that large catastrophic outflows at Skeidararsandur greatly affect the pro-glacial morphology of the sandur by widening pre-existing outwash channels, calving large ice blocks (which melt to produce kettles), and depositing  ...
Nicholas Hale Warner, 2008
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Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget
As intercalations of a glacial sedimentary sequence, flow tills as well as grain flows originating from glaciofluvial outwash are easier to identify. At standing ice margins, melt- out till and supraglacial outwash may form end moraines of ...
Gerhard Einsele, 2000
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Investigating Coarse-grained Glacio-fluvial Outwash with ...
The ability of GPR and ERGI to resolve sedimentary structures in coarse-grained glacio-fluvial outwash was found to be limited to large-scale structures. The large -scale structures are associated with changes in grain size and sorting that ...
Colleen M. E. Wells, 2007
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Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, ...
The term Esperance Sand was first used to describe the sand below the Vashon till in Snohomish County as having both an advance outwash origin and perhaps an older, pre- Vashon source (Newcomb, 1952). The term Esperance Sand was ...
Rex L. Baum, Jonathan W. Godt, Lynn Highland, 2008
8
Geology of Michigan
Outwash is the general term applied to the sorted and stratified material laid down by glacial meltwaters (Fig. vn- 7). It comprises the second major group of glacial deposits. Outwash deposits tend to be coarse grained and may take many  ...
John Adam Dorr, Donald F. Eschman, 1970
9
B108: Radon in Nevada
Glacial outwash deposits of the ML Rose alluvial fan complex The surficial geology of the Mt. Rose alluvial fan complex is dominated by glacial outwash deposited by meltwater from small glaciers in the Carson Range (Bonham and Rogers, ...
James G. Rigby, Jonathan G. Price, Lindsay G. Christensen, Daphne D. LaPointe, Alan R. Ramelli, Mario O. Desilets, Ronald H. Hess, and Stanley R. Marshall
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Glacial Processes, Past and Present
outwash fans Figure 5. Cartoon diagram showing the relationship between the location of Spooner Hills, interhill meltwater flow paths, tunnel channels, outwash fans, and hummocks. Wadena Lobe, northern Minnesota The Itasca ice-margin ...
David M. Mickelson, John W. Attig, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTWASH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term outwash is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Outer Banks motel that is suing NCDOT declares bankruptcy
NCDOT argues that it maintains a drainage system near the motel that is designed to help drain water associated with rain and outwash events. «Triangle Business Journal, Jul 15»
2
Sarah Seaton: Our clues to prehistoric Nottingham
... and only a small number of discarded stone artefacts have been located in glacial outwash or boulder clays; with some flint tools dating back ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
3
Events coming to Ice Age Visitor Center
... will climb Dundee Mountain to gain a better understanding of how glaciers created kames, eskers, moraines, kettles and outwash plains. «The Sheboygan Press, Jul 15»
4
Public gets first look at proposed quarry
... ridge [of the site] and the apron of outwash at its base have potential for archaeological material from the Late Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic ... «Bancroft This Week, Jun 15»
5
1. Rock River
... for the Winnebago County Soil & Water Conservation District, said the Rock was formed from glacial outwash that eroded bedrock nearly 300 ... «Rockford Register Star, Jun 15»
6
History to read in the dry stone walls at Churnet Valley
Keith Tomkins, CVLLP partnership manager, said: "The Churnet Valley has a rich and fascinating history; from post glacial outwash streams ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jun 15»
7
Kidney-bean marketer moves and shakes
Doane Limited was established as a family farm in 1858 on the Fall City Prairie – the glacial outwash of the Chippewa River — south of ... «Agri-View, Jun 15»
8
Body of drowning victim recovered after two-day search
There is the backwash toward the dam, the boil line and an outwash. What happened to Mr. Thomas, and I am speculating now, is he got ... «Grandlakenews, Jun 15»
9
Strict specifications: UK frac sand potential
The Lowestoft Formation in Suffolk is a chalky till of variable thickness that contains outwash sand and gravels. It is worked at Blyth River Pit ... «Industrial Minerals, May 15»
10
2015 – The International Year of Soils
The surface deposits are commonly referred to as till, outwash, kame, esker, deltaic, drumlin and lacustrine, which denote the mode of ... «Millstone News, May 15»

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