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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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