as in debris
discarded or useless material
much of the material in the file cabinets is just deadwood
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Recent Examples of deadwood
The genus is known to feed on deadwood, dead leaves, leaf litter or lichens, according to Hoare.
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Rina Diane Caballar, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
Only the White has the right balance of water, sediment, sandbars with backwaters, sheltering cottonwood forests and pool-forming deadwood to sustain themselves without hatchery help.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
If your maple is in poor health, make minimal cuts or limit yourself to deadwood removal.
—oregonlive, 25 June 2023
The shears can cut everything from delicate stems to tough branches or deadwood.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
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Rina Diane Caballar, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
Only the White has the right balance of water, sediment, sandbars with backwaters, sheltering cottonwood forests and pool-forming deadwood to sustain themselves without hatchery help.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
If your maple is in poor health, make minimal cuts or limit yourself to deadwood removal.
—oregonlive, 25 June 2023
The shears can cut everything from delicate stems to tough branches or deadwood.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadwood
Noun
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Inspectors found old food debris accumulated on the back of the meat slicer.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Winds can be powerful enough to jostle cars, topple power lines and litter debris on the ground.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Returned trash to its rightful owner—several people admitted to throwing garbage (or even dog poop) back into their neighbor's yard after it had been dumped in theirs.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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But also, increasingly, in marine food chains and immense garbage patches in the oceans.—
Nina Agrawal,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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From a free boat ride in the Florida Keys that targets the trash in treasured waters, to hotels with sustainability at their core, to thrilling eco-friendly experiences, make your trip to Florida both fun and impactful.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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In those instances, give your extra set of hands a straightforward task, like taking out the trash or clearing the table.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Other hot zones to hone in on: your junk drawer, your coffee-mug collection, and toy bins in your kid’s room.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
2 Apr. 2025
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The pictures depict a squalid living space, with junk strewn across furniture and floors throughout the home.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Inhaled silica dust particles travel down airways and into the smallest spaces of the lung, causing scarring and eventually difficulty breathing, often becoming so severe that a lung transplant might be the only solution to avoid death.—
Dr. Mark Abdelmalek,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The dust bin capacity is pretty good as well, the Kompressor technology promises 2.4 times more space.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Deadwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadwood. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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