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deadly nightshade |
deadly sin |
deadness |
deadpan |
deadweight |
deadwood
| deae cellulose
| deaerate
| deaf
| deaf as a post
| deaf mute
deadwood
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun deadwood has 2 senses
- deadwood(n = noun.plant) Array - a branch or a part of a tree that is dead; Array is a kind of branch
- deadwood(n = noun.attribute) fifth wheel - someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded; Array is a kind of redundance, redundancy
THESAURUS
deadwood
allowance, bine, bones, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, bulge, burgeon, chaff, culm, dishwater, draff, dregs, dust, edge, filings, flagellum, fork, frond, garbage, gash, handicap, head start, hogwash, husks, leavings, lees, limb, odds, offal, offscourings, offshoot, orts, overhand, parings, potsherds, rags, ramage, ramification, raspings, refuse, runner, sarment, scion, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, shards, shavings, shoot, slack, slag, slip, slop, slops, spear, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout, start, stolon, stubble, sucker, sweepings, swill, switch, tares, tendril, thallus, twig, vantage, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds
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