Deadwood

Synonyms for "deadwood" (99 found)

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Closest matches (20)

advantage allowance bine bones bough branch branchedness branchiness bulge burgeon chaff companion culm deadfall dishwater draff draw dregs dust

Noun(1 words)

deadfall

Strong matches (30)

edge fifth wheel filings flagellum fork frond garbage gash handicap head start hogwash husk husks leavings lees limb odds offal offscourings offshoot

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orts overhand paring parings parts potsherds rag rags ramage

Noun(1 words)

fifth wheel

Related words (49)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

branch redundance redundancy

Synonyms

2 entries

deadfall fifth wheel

derived from

2 entries

dead wood

has context

4 entries

bowling nautical poker rummy

is a

1 entries

branch

related to

16 entries

alberta british columbia california card coarse county seat debris keel lawrence county pin plank south dakota sternpost superfluous vertical woody

Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

French

1 entries

potiche noun (People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.)

Polish

1 entries

grupa nieproduktywnych pracowników noun (People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I like prune the deadwood from plants to allow them to regrow healthy branches that bear fruit.

Source: tatoeba (10065955)

The defendant […] sustained the injuries at Swatzell's switch, by getting his arm caught between the deadwoods of two freight cars […]

Source: wiktionary

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