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tailout

tailout noun: the downstream section of a pool where the water gets shallower and faster before forming a riffle.

Noun

tailout (plural tailouts)

  1. The downstream section of a pool where the water gets shallower and faster before forming a riffle.

Forms of tailout

pluraltailouts

Questions about tailout

What does tailout mean?
Tailout means the downstream section of a pool where the water gets shallower and faster before forming a riffle.
What part of speech is tailout?
Tailout is a noun.
What is the plural of tailout?
The plural of tailout is tailouts.

Words near tailout in the dictionary

  1. tailorships
  2. tailorwise
  3. tailory
  4. tailour
  5. tailours
  6. tailout
  7. tailouts
  8. tailpiece
  9. tailpieces
  10. tailpin
  11. tailpins

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