rainout
rainout Lexical Profile
rainout Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American The cancellation or postponement of an outdoor event, especially a baseball game or concert, due to heavy rain, or an event that has been canceled in this manner.
"Fans were advised to hold onto their ticket stubs so they could attend the rescheduled game after Friday's rainout."
In meteorology and environmental science, the removal of airborne particles, pollutants, or radioactive fallout from the atmosphere through incorporation into condensing cloud droplets before falling as rain.
"Atmospheric models must account for both rainout within the clouds and washout beneath them when estimating pollutant deposition."
Word Nuance & Usage
The noun is written as a single solid word ("rainout"), whereas the phrasal verb is written as two separate words ("rain out", as in "the game was rained out").