driftwood

driftwood
driftwood 1630s, from DRIFT (Cf. drift) + WOOD (Cf. wood) (n.).

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  • Driftwood — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Driftwood (Arkansas) Driftwood (New York) Driftwood (Ohio) Driftwood (Oklahoma) Driftwood (Pennsylvania) Driftwood (Texas) Driftwood Acres (Florida) Driftwood Hills (Indiana) Driftwood Shores …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Driftwood — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Driftwood Título Driftwood Ficha técnica Dirección Tim Sullivan Producción Mike Richardson Guión Tim Sullivan …   Wikipedia Español

  • Driftwood — Driftwood, PA U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 103 Housing Units (2000): 88 Land area (2000): 1.791692 sq. miles (4.640462 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.092487 sq. miles (0.239539 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.884179 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Driftwood, PA — U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 103 Housing Units (2000): 88 Land area (2000): 1.791692 sq. miles (4.640462 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.092487 sq. miles (0.239539 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.884179 sq. miles (4.880001 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Driftwood — Drift wood , n. 1. Wood drifted or floated by water. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water. [1913 Webster] The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion of very useless driftwood. New Your Times. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • driftwood — ► NOUN ▪ pieces of wood floating on the sea or washed ashore …   English terms dictionary

  • driftwood — [drift′wood΄] n. wood drifting in the water, or that has been washed ashore …   English World dictionary

  • Driftwood — For other uses, see Driftwood (disambiguation). A beach covered with driftwood near Porirua, New Zealand …   Wikipedia

  • driftwood — /drift wood /, n. 1. wood floating on a body of water or cast ashore by it. 2. such wood adapted for use in interior decoration. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or made of driftwood: a driftwood lamp. [1605 15; DRIFT + WOOD1] * * * …   Universalium

  • Driftwood — 49° 07′ 59″ N 81° 22′ 59″ W / 49.133, 81.383 Driftwood est une …   Wikipédia en Français

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