name
Meaning 1
A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
deadwood
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdwʊd/
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /dɛdˈwʊd/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈdɛdwɵd/
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British, Southern, Standard: /dɛdˈwɵd/
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Australia, New-Zealand: /ˈdedwʊd/
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Australia, New-Zealand: /dedˈwʊd/
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈdɛdwʉd/
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /dɛdˈwʉd/
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rhymes with -ɛdwʊd
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CMU ARPABET: D EH1 D W UH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A ghost town in Placer County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A ghost town in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
A ghost town in Trinity County, California, United States.
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name
Meaning 7
An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 8
An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 9
A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 10
An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 14
Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 15
Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 16
Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 17
Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: rummy
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noun
Meaning 18
Cards that have been discarded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Meaning 19
someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fifth wheel
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Broader terms: redundancy, redundance
noun
Meaning 20
a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: branch
History
Etymology
From dead + wood.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: potiche — People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
- Polish: grupa nieproduktywnych pracowników — People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
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