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Driftwood

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Wood floating in or washed up by a body of water.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Floating piece of wood that drifts with the current

n. Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Wood drifted or floated by water.

n. Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Wood drifted or floated by water.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore

Word Usage

"He has since gone on to become a renowned silversmith, and my mother has gone on to live with the risen Christ, but I think of that creche ... truth and reality shine through that night, even in driftwood and stone."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wood

Cross Reference

flotsam jetsam

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

firewood seaweed flotsam brushwood débris hickory wreckage jetsam shingle bramble