thin wood

collocation in English

meaningsofthinandwood

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thin
adjective
uk
/θɪn/us
/θɪn/
having a small distance between two ...
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wood
noun
uk
/wʊd/us
/wʊd/
a hard substance that forms the branches and trunks of trees and can be used as a building material, for making things, or as ...
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(Definition ofthinandwoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Binding may be made ofthinwoodstrips.
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Heater shields were typically made fromthinwoodoverlaid with leather.
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Splints are simply long strips ofthinwood, about 12 long and across.
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The drum was made of athinwoodand was shaped like an elongated gourd that measured up to one metre long and half a metre wide.
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A large number of families still live in jhugis or huts which are housing units formed with straws andthinwood-sticks.
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Kayaks made fromthinwoodsheathed in fiberglass have proven successful, especially as the price of epoxy resin has decreased in recent years.
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They also have two strings (except the "sihu", which has four strings tuned in pairs) and their soundboxes are typically covered with either snakeskin (most often python) orthinwood.
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The most common type of pencil casing is ofthinwood, usually hexagonal in section but sometimes cylindrical, permanently bonded to the core.
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These artists would cut patterns fromthinwoodor heavy paper and use them to decorate walls and furniture.
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The golcha gopuz is made from a leather covering which covered around two-thirds of the surface, and the other third is covered withthinwoodalong with the sound board.
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The most commonly known type of painter's palette is made of athinwoodboard designed to be held in the artist's hand and rest on the artist's arm.
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This method of cuttingthinwoodrequires a degree of manual dexterity and patience to avoid spoiling the work.
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A spill vase was usually kept on the mantel piece and was filled with rolled paper tapers or verythinwoodsticks, called spill.
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The krap puang is made fromthinwoodor brass, often consisting of a number of pieces tied with string.
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The newer wood-laminating grade of vulcanized fibre is used to strengthen wood laminations used in skis, skateboards, support beams and as a sub-laminate underthinwoodveneers.
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The interior bulkheads and cabin soles carry no structural loads, so they are made ofthinwoodand laminate veneer skins with cores.
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This is only possible with very simple profiles because otherwise when thethinwoodlayer has dried out, it will break at the point of bends and angles.
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It frequents pastures, open fields, meadows, and thin woods.
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