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washovers

washovers is the plural of washover.

Meaning of washover

Noun

washover (countable and uncountable, plural washovers)

  1. The sediment deposited inland of a beach by overwash.
    • “We try to give them an advantage, but when there’s a significant washover, that’s a natural occurrence, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”2009 August 24, Sewell Chan, “Storm’s Tail Brings Higher Tides and a Little Danger to New York”, in New York Times

Questions about washovers

What is washovers the plural of?
Washovers is the plural of washover.

Words near washovers in the dictionary

  1. washout
  2. washout plug
  3. washout plugs
  4. washouts
  5. washover
  6. washovers
  7. washpan
  8. washpans
  9. washpit
  10. washpits
  11. washplace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: washovers (page history and authors); washover (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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