driftwood

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   wood carried along by a river, lake, or sea, or washed ashore by the water

   They gathered dry driftwood from above the tide line for the fire.

2. 2
   noun

   pieces of weathered wood collected for decoration, craft, or fuel

   The sculptor assembled the bird from driftwood found along the coast.

A compound of drift + wood. Drift is related to drive and originally referred to something driven or carried along. The word names timber transported by a current and later also the bleached, weathered material gathered from shores for fuel, decoration, or art.

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