Deadwood

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deadwood \Dead"wood`\, n.
     1. (Naut.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of
        a vessel to give solidity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Dead trees or branches; useless material.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. [fig.] People who are unproductive; -- used especially in
        reference to employees.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deadwood
       n 1: a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
       2: someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded [syn: {fifth
          wheel}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "deadwood":
     allowance, bine, bones, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness,
     bulge, burgeon, chaff, culm, dishwater, draff, dregs, dust, edge,
     filings, flagellum, fork, frond, garbage, gash, handicap,
     head start, hogwash, husks, leavings, lees, limb, odds, offal,
     offscourings, offshoot, orts, overhand, parings, potsherds, rags,
     ramage, ramification, raspings, refuse, runner, sarment, scion,
     scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, shards, shavings, shoot,
     slack, slag, slip, slop, slops, spear, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout,
     start, stolon, stubble, sucker, sweepings, swill, switch, tares,
     tendril, thallus, twig, vantage, wastage, waste, waste matter,
     wastepaper, weeds
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Deadwood, SD (city, FIPS 15700)
    Location: 44.38197 N, 103.72332 W
    Population (1990): 1830 (896 housing units)
    Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57732

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Deadwood, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
     Population (2000):    1380
     Housing Units (2000): 817
     Land area (2000):     3.776974 sq. miles (9.782318 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.776974 sq. miles (9.782318 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            15700
     Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
     Location:             44.376718 N, 103.729230 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     57732
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Deadwood, SD
      Deadwood