DEADWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deadwood mean? 

• DEADWOOD (noun)
  The noun DEADWOOD has 2 senses:

1. a branch or a part of a tree that is dead

2. someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded

  Familiarity information: DEADWOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEADWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch or a part of a tree that is dead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("deadwood" is a kind of...):

branch (a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deadwood; fifth wheel

Hypernyms ("deadwood" is a kind of...):

redundance; redundancy (the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded)