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dead-tree

dead-tree is the alternative spelling of dead tree.

Meaning of dead tree

Adjective

dead tree (not comparable)

  1. Made of or pertaining to paper, especially as opposed to a digital alternative.
    • My question is basically do you need better on-line programs to search the docs ..., or actually different dead-tree style.1986 April 15, Barry Shein, “Re: job control”, in net.unix-wizards (Usenet)

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Phrases with dead-tree

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What is dead-tree the alternative spelling of?
Dead-tree is the alternative spelling of dead tree.

Words near dead-tree in the dictionary

  1. dead-stock
  2. dead-stocks
  3. dead-stroke
  4. dead-stroke hammer
  5. dead-stroke hammers
  6. dead-tree
  7. dead-tree edition
  8. dead-tree editions
  9. dead-wrong
  10. deadapt
  11. deadaptation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dead-tree (page history and authors); dead tree (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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