flax

Converse of object

• spin: Spinning the wool, spinning the flax, making the scarlet, making the linen, making the purple garments.
• grow: Toward the end of the 18 th Century, the area became a huge center for growing flax.
• use: Helen mixes up her own paper clay for large pieces and sometimes uses porcelain paper flax for smaller work.
• include: Other crops included flax, beans and herbs used for cooking and for dyeing cloth.
• purge: At Hawkswick Wood there is an area of limestone grassland containing rockrose, thyme and purging flax.
• quench: Precious picture of Him who would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.

Adjective modifier

• spinning: They serve to put in motion several thrashing and corn-mills, and a small one erected some years ago for spinning flax.
• local: In the 18th century the production of linen made from local flax became an important industry in the area.

Modifies a noun

• mill: She works in the " steaming room " of the flax mill.
• seed: Both of these records will do more for your immune system than flax seed oil or even a lot of sleep.
• fiber: The flax fibers are bound together using a thermoplastic binder.
• straw: Turner: agricultural machine used to turn swathes of flax straw [ Salmon-Minotte and Franck in Franck ] .
• oil: Whether you take fish oil, flax oil or both, you cannot go wrong.
• factory: Small wagons were used by the flax factory, some were bought by local farmers.

Noun used with modifier

• fairy: Some such as fairy flax, devil's bit scabious and sneezewort are due to seed introductions.
• smoking: How do you make " smoking flax " burn?
• fiber: Linen is made out of the natural fiber flax.
• ground: Good sources of these fats include extra virgin olive oil, canola oil, ground flax seeds and walnuts.