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dead tree

dead tree adjective: made of or pertaining to paper, especially as opposed to a digital alternative.

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)
    • Dead tree technology doesn't saddle you with a $300 phone bill.1996 December 12, Michael J. Gallagher, “Re: NASA HQ buyout??????”, in sci.space.policy (Usenet)

Noun

dead tree (plural dead trees)

  1. A quantity of paper; a collection of paper such as a book or newspaper.
    • You can't grep dead trees.
    • Mail on dead trees: Dept. of CS, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Goteborg, Sweden1985 Jul 23: Thomas Johnsson, DECUS public domain C compiler: where can I get it? (signature), net.lang.c, http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/711ce5d3a4eb7019/860f62c7e3c5e...
  2. A tree that is still standing, but no longer alive. (compare: log, stump)

dead tree meaning in Tamil and Kannada

dead tree in Tamil

பட்டமரம், பட்டவாளிமரம்

dead tree in Kannada

ಸತ್ತಮರ, ಒಣಮರ

Forms of dead tree

Adjective
alternative formdead-tree
Noun
pluraldead trees

Words formed from dead tree

Questions about dead tree

What does dead tree mean?
Dead tree means made of or pertaining to paper, especially as opposed to a digital alternative.
What is dead tree in Tamil?
Dead tree in Tamil is பட்டமரம், பட்டவாளிமரம். See Dead tree meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dead tree?
Dead tree can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dead tree in the dictionary

  1. dead time
  2. dead times
  3. dead tired
  4. dead to rights
  5. dead to the world
  6. dead tree
  7. dead tree edition
  8. dead tree editions
  9. dead trees
  10. dead wagon
  11. dead wagons

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