wire - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • insulate: You have 110v AC in your hands, that's why I use an insulated wire.
  • solder: You can get away with three wires, three link jumpers and no trying to solder two wires to one link jumper.
  • galvanize: We sell galvanized wire in 30m rolls - click here.
  • connect: A wire connected the trigger with the firing lever of the gun.

Adjective modifier

  • barbed: The latter also had two strands of barbed wire strung along the top.
  • overhead: Electric trains with overhead wires came in the early 1920s.
  • bare: Also bare live wires were also found which supplied the hob.
  • thin: WORD OF CAUTION: the Hall Effect Sensor wires are thin, delicate wires that can be broken.

Modifies a noun

  • mesh: The audience enters to find bleak wire mesh framing a space which is bare apart from two wooden pallets.
  • fence: Park on the verge by the wire fence at its far end.
  • rack: Turn the loaf out on to a wire rack to cool.
  • rope: Drop Wire A small vertical steel wire rope used for rigging an object from.
  • cutter: It is possible the Egyptian's lack of enthusiasm was due to the absence of wire cutters.
  • brush: With the cylinder head off, the pistons were cleaned of any carbon deposits using a wire cup brush on a drill.

Noun used with modifier

  • telegraph: PPPS - Could you indicate ( by drawing ) the course of the telegraph wires you mentioned?
  • copper: In mine there was a piece of stiff copper wire about 3 " long - the aerial.
  • razor: Riot police and razor wire made a stark contrast to the beauty of the stones on a mid summer's morning.
  • chicken: A large frame surrounded by chicken wire should do the trick.
  • zip: Stretching virtually the length of the park is an enormous zip wire.
  • steel: Drop Wire A small vertical steel wire rope used for rigging an object from.

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