outwash.

Sand and gravel carried away from a glacier and deposited by its meltwater.

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Words that belong together

• outwash plain
• outwash deposits

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The river split into shallow channels across the outwash plain.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.