Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Wood drifted or floated by water.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Wood drifted or floated by water.
  • noun Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Floating piece of wood that drifts with the current
  • noun Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore

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

  • noun wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore

Etymologies

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drift + wood

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Examples

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  • It is just to explain the lack of clarity in the image showing the driftwood, which is attached with copper wire to a metal electrical conduit pipe found under the garage deck.

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  • This patch of garden is so difficult to grow things in, the driftwood was a good addition.

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  • These are usually of driftwood, which is brought by the ocean currents from the Yukon.

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  • In the reception area, a low-slung sectional upholstered in tufted white leather is decidedly Nordic, while pale oak cabinetry recalls driftwood lying on a frozen shore.

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  • So, one would expect "marine debris" to encompass natural, biodegradable material such as driftwood, kelp, seagrass, leaves and coconuts.

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  • Someone challenged me with "driftwood," which yielded a porn site.

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  • This fire was made of that peculiar kind of driftwood whose flames show marvellous rainbow tints.

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