2syllables
deadwood
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Definitions ofdeadwood
1noun
- Coarse woody debris.
- People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
- Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early.
- Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.
- Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement.
- (by extension) Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space.
- (rummy) Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand.
- Cards that have been discarded.
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