Meaning of Deadwood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
   countable, uncountable
2. A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada.
3. People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
   countable, uncountable
4. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
5. Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early.
   countable, uncountable
6. An unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States.
7. Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.
   countable, uncountable
8. A ghost town in Placer County, California, United States.
9. Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement.
   countable, uncountable
10. A ghost town in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
11. Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
12. A ghost town in Trinity County, California, United States.
13. Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand.
    countable, uncountable
14. An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
15. Cards that have been discarded.
    countable, uncountable
16. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
17. A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
18. An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States.

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Examples

“The defendant […] sustained the injuries at Swatzell's switch, by getting his arm caught between the deadwoods of two freight cars […]”

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