資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wash \Wash\, n.
1. [Western U. S.] (Geol.)
(a) Gravel and other rock d['e]bris transported and
deposited by running water; coarse alluvium.
(b) An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a
mountain.
2. The dry bed of an intermittent stream, sometimes at the
bottom of a ca[~n]on; as, the Amargosa wash, Diamond wash;
-- called also {dry wash}. [Western U. S.]
3. (Arch.) The upper surface of a member or material when
given a slope to shed water. Hence, a structure or
receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as
a carriage wash in a stable.
資料來源 : WordNet®
dry wash
n : the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a
canyon) [syn: {wash}]