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dead·wood

(dĕd′wo͝od′)

1. Dead wood, including fallen or standing trees, branches, and stumps.

2. One or more people or things considered as burdensome, superfluous, or serving no useful purpose: Management fired all the deadwood in the department as a cost-saving measure.

3. also dead wood Sports Fallen bowling pins that remain on the alley.

4. Nautical A timber or set of timbers helping to connect the keel of a vessel to the stem or the sternpost.

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deadwood

(ˈdɛdˌwʊd)

1. (Forestry) dead trees or branches

2. informal a useless person; encumbrance

3. (Nautical Terms) nautical a filler piece between the keel and the stern of a wooden vessel

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dead•wood

(ˈdɛdˌwʊd)

n.

1. dead branches or trees.

2. useless or extraneous persons or things.

3. a reinforcing construction located between the keel of a ship and the stem or sternpost.

4. bowling pins knocked down but not cleared from the alley.

[1720–30]

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Noun	1.	deadwood - a branch or a part of a tree that is dead branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
	2.	deadwood - someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded fifth wheel redundance, redundancy - the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"

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deadwood

[ˈdedˌwʊd] N (= person) → persona f inútil; (= people) → gente f inútil; (= things) → cosas fpl inútiles
to get rid of the deadwood (in organization) → eliminar al personal inútil

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

deadwood

[ˈdɛdˌwʊd] n (also) (fig) → rami mpl secchi

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