Deadwood Definition

dĕdwo͝od
noun
Dead wood on trees.
Webster's New World
A useless or burdensome person or thing.
Webster's New World
Fallen bowling pins that remain on the alley.
American Heritage
Heavy timbers at the bow or, esp., the stern of a wooden ship, just above the keel.
Webster's New World

Coarse woody debris.

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Deadwood Sentence Examples

  • The rare stag beetle is reliant upon standing deadwood, this tends to rot from the inside to the outside.

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

  • The rabbi had the same mannerisms and physical appearance as the priest from Deadwood.

  • This region of the upper plains, noted for Mount Rushmore and the Wild West town of Deadwood, experienced a gold rush in the 1870s.

  • Cement deposits were discovered in the Black Hills region in 1876 and in the same year the first quartz mill was set up in Deadwood.

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