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noun washoffs · wash-off

countable, uncountable The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall. After application, herbicides persist in the soil until they are degraded to less harmful compounds or are removed from the soil by washoff or leaching.
countable, uncountable Material transferred by this process.

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@misc{washoff_2026,
  title = {washoff},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/washoff},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}