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wood - use in sentences
Converse of object
- rot: The main room had two chairs made of nearly rotting wood, and a dirty kitchen.
- carve: The interior of the castle contains fine examples of intricately carved wood and plaster work, and is furnished from the 17th century onwards.
- burn: As an example for each 10lb of wood burned 8lb is returned to you in heat.
- chop: They made him clean up all the time and chop wood for the fire while they sat and watched him.
Adjective modifier
- dead: The common people found their rights to hunt game or collect dead wood on common land, became criminal offenses.
- polished: It is red brick on the outside and polished wood on the inside with a state-of-the-art stage.
- rotten: I suspect some of them, because of a curious smell of rotten wood which I can detect through other odors.
- solid: He set out to create a speaker diaphragm from solid wood.
Modifies a noun
- stove: The wood burning stove will be kept in situ.
- burning: The wood burning stove will be kept in situ.
- flooring: We can supply & fit many different brands of wood flooring.
- burner: The property is also very cozy for winter lets - there is wood fired central heating plus a wood burner in the main salon.
- paneling: Other features include a 150 year old feature fire place, beamed ceilings and wood paneling to dining room.
- pulp: Not bad for a company born out of a wood pulp mill in the 19th century.
Noun used with modifier
- beech: The drawers are finished with beading around the edges and solid beech wood handles.
- balsa: The plaque we have shown here is made from balsa wood, you could use any oddments of wood that you may have.
- fairway: The importance of the fairway woods that you carry in your golf bag is often understated.
- pine: Emerging from the pine wood, the path snaked through heather around the northern side of the lake.
- cedar: Cat Houses for the Outside I found some great cat houses for the outside of my house and they are made of cedar wood.
- oak: The Boat was more than ½ filled with peeled oak wood.
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