rainout

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noun

Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain.

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washout
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Meanings

nounrainout (countable and uncountable, plural rainouts)

plural rainouts

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

    Synonyms: washout

  2. countableSuch a cancellation.

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

    2004, Jon C. Stott, Minor Leagues, Major Boom: Local Professional Baseball Revitalized, page 89
  3. uncountableNuclear fallout deposited by means of rain.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomething which has been cancelled due to interfering rain.

Similar
washout
Also see
washout

Origin

From rain + out.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

rainout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainout

MLA

“rainout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainout. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rainout,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainout.

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