单词	deadwood
释义	deadwood noun dead·​wood ˈded-ˌwu̇d  1 : wood dead on the tree 2 : useless personnel or material 3 : solid timbers built in at the extreme bow and stern of a ship when too narrow to permit framing 4 : bowling pins that have been knocked down but remain on the alley Synonyms chaff debris dreck drek dross dust effluvium effluvia garbage junk litter offal offscouring raffle refuse riffraff rubbish scrap spilth trash truck waste See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She's determined to get the deadwood out of the company. a healthy tree with no deadwood Recent Examples on the Web At Thursday’s performance, there was as much deadwood as virtuosity. Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 The camera wanders slowly over dirt and deadwood, scrub grass and scattered rock. Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2022 Neil, 39, combines his teacher’s formal daring with Naka’s open, idealistic approach, sculpting Rocky Mountain junipers into pale white streamers or rugged bursts of deadwood reaching out from plumes of foliage. New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021 This cost-effective approach has helped Alaska largely avoid the problem, common in the lower 48 states, of forests that are overgrown or have too much deadwood. Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021 In the short term, Inter may try once more to streamline their squad, to shed some of the deadwood that was up for sale last summer. Emmet Gates, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021 The resulting deadwood would be hauled out by truck and even helicopter to new biomass facilities and private timber mills to be transformed into electricity, boards and other products. San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2021 The freedom to cut deadwood is a competitive advantage for the Pack and contributed mightily to the past three decades of success. Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 3 Aug. 2021 Another would be signing long-term contracts with companies to harvest deadwood from forests for commercial purposes. Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 June 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Geographical Definition Deadwood geographical name Dead·​wood ˈded-ˌwu̇d  city in the Black Hills of western South Dakota that was settled circa 1876 following the discovery of gold nearby population 1270 deadwood noun as in debris discarded or useless material much of the material in the file cabinets is just deadwood Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance debris garbage rubbish trash junk dust dross rubble litter truck waste sewage offal dreck chaff riffraff lumber scrap wreckage effluvium drek refuse detritus effluvia spilth raffle ruins crud wash offscouring cull remains flotsam discard dump swill jetsam castoff straw scrap heap trumpery slop nothing reject two bits throwaway odds and ends hand-me-down Antonyms & Near Antonyms plum treasure jewel treasure trove prize trove gem pearl catch salvage valuable booty find goodie goody See More
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