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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Driftwood

/drĭf'-two͝odˌ/ · Drift·wood · IPA /ˈdɹɪftwʊd/
01 n. Wood drifted or floated by water.
  1. 1.
    Wood drifted or floated by water.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.
    “The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion of very useless driftwood.” — New Your Times.