Driftwood

4 definitions found

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

  Driftwood \Drift"wood`\, n.
     1. Wood drifted or floated by water.
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     2. Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.
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              The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion
              of very useless driftwood.            -- New Your
                                                    Times.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  driftwood
       n : wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore

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

  Driftwood, PA (borough, FIPS 19976)
    Location: 41.34323 N, 78.13539 W
    Population (1990): 116 (89 housing units)
    Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 15832
  Driftwood, TX
    Zip code(s): 78619

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

  Driftwood, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    103
     Housing Units (2000): 88
     Land area (2000):     1.791692 sq. miles (4.640462 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.092487 sq. miles (0.239539 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.884179 sq. miles (4.880001 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            19976
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             41.338836 N, 78.135535 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     15832
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Driftwood, PA
      Driftwood