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Webster 1913 Edition

Driftwood

Drift′woodˊ

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Noun.

1.

Wood drifted or floated by water.

2.

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

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driftwood

driftwood

English

Noun

driftwood ‎(usually uncountable, plural driftwoods)

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

Translations

floating piece of wood

Dutch: drijfhout
Finnish: ajopuu (fi)
French: bois flotté (fr)

German: Treibholz n
Icelandic: rekaviður m
Maori: paewai

wood that has been cast ashore

Finnish: ajopuu (fi)
French: bois flotté (fr)

German: Treibholz n
Maori: paewai, tāwhaowhao, porotāwhao, punipuni, pakawai, pūwai
Welsh: gyrgoed

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