driftwood

driftwood

English

Etymology

drift +‎ wood

Noun

driftwood (usually uncountable, plural driftwoods)

1. A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current.
2. Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.

Translations

floating piece of wood

Dutch: drijfhout (nl) Faroese: rekaviður m Finnish: ajopuu (fi) French: bois flotté (fr)

German: Treibholz (de) n Icelandic: rekaviður m Irish: adhmad raice m Maori: paewai

wood that has been cast ashore

Danish: drivtømmer n Faroese: rekaviður m Finnish: ajopuu (fi) French: bois flotté (fr)

German: Treibholz (de) n Irish: adhmad raice m Maori: paewai, tāwhaowhao, porotāwhao, punipuni, pakawai, pūwai Welsh: gyrgoed

See also

• flotsam
• jetsam