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deadwoods

deadwoods is the plural of deadwood.

Meaning of deadwood

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

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Questions about deadwoods

What is deadwoods the plural of?
Deadwoods is the plural of deadwood.

Words near deadwoods in the dictionary

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

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