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dead woodˌdead ˈwood, dead‧wood /ˈdedwʊd/ noun [uncountable] - And the potential for catastrophic wildfires is very high because of so much dead wood on the forest floor.
- Check for dead wood by scratching the bark with your fingernail.
- Cut out the dead wood so that the young new wood can grow and develop.
- He was working in a thicket of briar, elder and dead wood from a fallen tree.
- In his frustration, Doug picked up a piece of dead wood and flung it as far as he could.
- There's definitely a case for decriminalising the removal of dead wood.
- These would originally have been topped with a fence of dead wood or a live hedge to keep the animals out.
1people or things within an organization which are no longer useful or needed2branches of a tree which are no longer alive |