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DEADWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
Synonyms:
deadwood; fifth wheel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deadwood" is a kind of...):
redundance; redundancy (the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A branch or a part of a tree that is dead
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deadwood" is a kind of...):
branch (a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant)
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