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rainout

noun

Etymology

From rain + out.

  1. inherited from *úd✻
  2. inherited from *ūtai✻
  3. inherited from ūte
  4. inherited from *ūt✻
  5. inherited from *ūt✻
  6. inherited from ūt
  7. inherited from out
  8. compounded as rainout — “rain + out”

Definitions

  1. Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain.

  2. Such a cancellation.

    • A rainout on the season's second game would be, to say the least, unconvenient.

  3. Nuclear fallout deposited by means of rain.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA