From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. Wood drifted or floated by water.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Driftwood, PA (borough, FIPS 19976) Location: 41.34323 N, 78.13539 W Population (1990): 116 (89 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15832 Driftwood, TX Zip code(s): 78619
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
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) FIPS code: 19976 Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42 Location: 41.338836 N, 78.135535 W ZIP Codes (1990): 15832 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Driftwood, PA Driftwood
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