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deadwood

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dead·wood  (ddwd)
n.
1. Dead branches or wood on a tree.
2. One that is burdensome or superfluous.
3. also dead wood Sports Fallen bowling pins that remain on the alley.
4. Nautical The vertical planking between the keel of a vessel and the sternpost, serving as a reinforcement.
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Noun1.deadwooddeadwood - a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
2.deadwooddeadwood - someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
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redundance, redundancy - the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"
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Twice my bearers missed their footing, and my heart ceased beating as we plunged toward instant death among the tangled deadwood beneath.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The history of the changes, which the elevated plains of Longwood and Deadwood have undergone, as given in General Beatson's account of the island, is extremely curious.
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