outwash

[ out-wosh, -wawsh ]

nounGeology.
  1. the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier.

Origin of outwash

1
First recorded in 1890–95; out- + wash

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outwash

/ (ˈaʊtˌwɒʃ) /


noun
  1. a mass of gravel, sand, etc, carried and deposited by the water derived from melting glaciers

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