rainout

English

Etymology

rain +‎ out

Noun

rainout (countable and uncountable, plural rainouts)

1. (countable) Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain.

   Synonym: washout

2. (countable) Such a cancellation.
3. (uncountable) Nuclear fallout deposited by means of rain.

Quotations

• 2004, Jon C. Stott, Minor Leagues, Major Boom: Local Professional Baseball Revitalized, page 89:

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

See also

• snowout

Anagrams

• Tournai