deadwood

Questions about deadwood

What does deadwood mean?

deadwood means "a branch or a part of a tree that is dead". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deadwood?

deadwood has 2 syllables: dead-wood. The stress falls on "dead". In IPA it is /ˈdɛˌdwʊd/.

What is another word for deadwood?

Close synonyms include fifth wheel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deadwood a common word?

deadwood is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deadwood?

2 words rhyme with deadwood. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.