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# driftwood

noun (driftwood, no plural)

«driftwood» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

pieces of wood that the sea or a river has carried and left on the shore [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driftwood/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales the wood that washes up on the beach and is used for a fire

### Examples

- We found driftwood along the shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driftwood/#x1)
- The children built a fire with driftwood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driftwood/#x2)
- The waves left driftwood on the sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driftwood/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «driftwood» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driftwood/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«driftwood» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/driftwood.html) on Mova free.