deadwood means A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
deadwood is pronounced /ˈdɛd.wʊd/.
Etymology
From dead + wood.
name
- 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.
noun
- Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
- People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
- Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early.
- Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.
- Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement.
- 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 […]”