Deadwood

Synonyms for "deadwood" (102 found)

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Closest matches (21)

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

Noun(3 words)

dead logdead timberdowned wood

Strong matches (30)

edge filings flagellum fork frond garbage gash handicaphead starthogwash husk husks leavings lees limb odds offal offscourings offshoot orts

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overhand paring parings parts potsherds rag rags

Noun(3 words)

fifth wheelfluff padding

Related words (51)

ramage ramification rasping raspings refuse rinsing runner sarment scion scouring scourings scrapscrap ironscraps scum shard shards shaving shavings ship

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shoot slack slag slip slop slops spear spray sprig sprit sprout start stolon stubble sucker sweepings swill switch tare tares tendril thallus twig vantage wastage wastewaste matterwastepaper weed weeds

Noun(1 words)

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4 relation types

More general

5 entries

branch redundance redundancy wood writing

More specific

5 entries

downed logfluff padding snag wordiness

Collocations

6 entries

dead timberdead wooddeadwood biomassdeadwood habitatdowned woodsnag

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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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