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dead·wood (dedwo̵od′)

noun

  1. dead wood on trees
  2. ☆ a useless or burdensome person or thing
  3. heavy timbers at the bow or, esp., the stern of a wooden ship, just above the keel

deadwood Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • remove: Most woodlands with public access will have dangerous deadwood removed from main footpaths and access roads.
  • envision: To envision deadwood full service salon close to the.
  • fall: Leaving standing and fallen deadwood in situ wherever possible should be a long term aim in the management of new urban woodlands.
  • stand: The rare stag beetle is reliant upon standing deadwood, this tends to rot from the inside to the outside.

Adjective modifier

  • major: The w orks specification included a 20 % height reduction and a 30 % reduction in the weight of major deadwood.

Modifies a noun

  • habitat: LAs WT 6 Locally, prepare a leaflet on the deadwood habitat.
  • invertebrate: Maintain and sympathetically manage mature and veteran hedgerow and field trees and their associated wildlife [ e.g. specialist deadwood invertebrates and fungi ] .
  • phrase: Deadwood Phrases - Prune the deadwood phrases from your writing.

Noun used with modifier

  • difficulty: Difficulties deadwood in by the world's an eclectic menu.
Deadwood Quotes

   I have fallen in love with American names, The sharp, gaunt names that never get fat, The snakeskin-titles of mining-claims, The plumed war-bonnet of Medicine Hat, Tucson and Deadwood and Lost Mule Flat.

—Bene¤  t, StephenVincent

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