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deadwood^¹

/ˈdɛdwʊd/ Canada, US, UK
/dɛdˈwʊd/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈdɛdwɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
/dɛdˈwɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈdedwʊd/ Australia, New Zealand
/dedˈwʊd/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈdɛdwʉd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
/dɛdˈwʉd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ɛdwʊd, -ʊd

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From dead + wood.

noun deadwoods

countable, uncountable Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
Similar: deadfall
countable, figuratively, uncountable People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
countable, figuratively, uncountable Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early.
countable, uncountable Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.
countable, uncountable Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement.
broadly, countable, uncountable Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space. The defendant […] sustained the injuries at Swatzell's switch, by getting his arm caught between the deadwoods of two freight cars […]
countable, uncountable Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand.
countable, uncountable Cards that have been discarded.

Deadwood^²

proper noun

A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada.
A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States.
A ghost town in Placer County, California, United States.
A ghost town in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
A ghost town in Trinity County, California, United States.
An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States.

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noun People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.

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"deadwood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/deadwood. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{deadwood_2026,
  title = {deadwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deadwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}