They made a raft by lashing pieces of driftwood together with vines.
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Driftwood
//ˈdɹɪftwʊd//
Synonyms for "driftwood" (30 found)
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Translations
36 translations across 17 languages.
Cornish
2 entries- dryftbren noun (floating piece of wood)
- dryftbren noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Danish
1 entries- drivtømmer noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Dutch
1 entries- drijfhout noun (floating piece of wood)
Faroese
2 entries- rekaviður noun (floating piece of wood)
- rekaviður noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Finnish
2 entries- ajopuu noun (floating piece of wood)
- ajopuu noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
French
2 entries- bois flotté noun (floating piece of wood)
- bois flotté noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
German
2 entries- Treibholz noun (floating piece of wood)
- Treibholz noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Icelandic
1 entries- rekaviður noun (floating piece of wood)
Irish
2 entries- adhmad raice noun (floating piece of wood)
- adhmad raice noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Mokilese
1 entries- koahpehpe noun (floating piece of wood)
Māori
4 entries- paewai noun (floating piece of wood)
- paewai noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
- pakawai noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
- porotāwhao noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Norwegian
2 entries- drivved noun (floating piece of wood)
- rekved noun (floating piece of wood)
Romanian
2 entries- răgălie noun (floating piece of wood)
- răgălie noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Russian
2 entries- плавник noun (floating piece of wood)
- плавник noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Swedish
2 entries- drivved noun (floating piece of wood)
- drivved noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Turkish
1 entries- yalos noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Welsh
3 entries- broc môr noun (floating piece of wood)
- broc môr noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
- gyrgoed noun (wood that has been cast ashore)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This lamp stand is made from driftwood.
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Tom found an interesting piece of driftwood on the beach.
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One morning, the artist found a piece of driftwood on the beach. He took it to his workshop, and from it carved the famous figure of Our Lady which today stands in the village church.
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