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deadwood

UK/ˈdɛdwʊd/

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British/ˈdɛdwɵd/

deadwood noun: dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.

Noun

deadwood (countable and uncountable, plural deadwoods)

  1. Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
    Synonyms:
    deadfall
  2. (figuratively) People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
  3. (figuratively) Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early.
  4. Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.
  5. Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement.
  6. (broadly) Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space.
    • The defendant […] sustained the injuries at Swatzell's switch, by getting his arm caught between the deadwoods of two freight cars […]1808, The Southwestern Reporter, volume 42, page 1066
  7. (rummy) Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand.
  8. Cards that have been discarded.

Proper noun capitalized: Deadwood

Deadwood

  1. A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada.
  2. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States.
  4. A ghost town in Placer County, California, United States.
  5. A ghost town in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
  6. A ghost town in Trinity County, California, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
  9. A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States.

deadwood meaning in Bengali

deadwood in Bengali

গাছের মরা ডাল, কাঠ, অথবা মোটা কাঠের আবর্জনা

Synonyms of deadwood

Forms of deadwood

pluraldeadwoods

Origin of deadwood

From dead + wood.

Words that rhyme with deadwood

Questions about deadwood

What does deadwood mean?
Deadwood means dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
What is deadwood in Bengali?
Deadwood in Bengali is গাছের মরা ডাল, কাঠ, অথবা মোটা কাঠের আবর্জনা. See Deadwood meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is deadwood?
Deadwood can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce deadwood?
Deadwood is pronounced /ˈdɛdwʊd/ (UK).
What is the plural of deadwood?
The plural of deadwood is deadwoods.

Words near deadwood in the dictionary

  1. deadweight loss
  2. deadweight losses
  3. deadweight ton
  4. deadweight tons
  5. deadweights
  6. deadwood
  7. deadwoods
  8. deadwork
  9. deadworks
  10. Deadwyler
  11. deady

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