wooden container
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwoodenandcontainer
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wooden
adjective
uk/ˈwʊd.ən/us/ˈwʊd.ən/
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container
noun[C]
uk/kənˈteɪ.nər/us/kənˈteɪ.nɚ/
a hollow object, such as a box or a bottle, that can be used for holding something, especially to carry or ...
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(Definition ofwoodenandcontainerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofwooden container
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For awoodencontainerto be a crate, all six of its sides must be put in place to result in the rated strength of the container.
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Pottery ceased to be made a hundred years ago and many of the various types of wooden containers have gone out of use.
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To the northwest, a wooden chamber of 2 x 1 m contained an inhumation, and to the southeast, a cremation burial had been placed in some kind ofwoodencontainer.
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But these foreign products are coming in first class, non-returnable wicker and wooden containers.
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This was partly due to competition from imported baskets and imported willows, and partly to the use of substitutes, mainly non-returnable wooden containers for horticultural packages.
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Further, non-returnable cases will become cheaper, compared with their returnable wooden counterparts, as the packaging industry develops and as cartons and laminated wooden containers, which are extremely light, become cheaper.
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So far as wooden containers are concerned licences to acquire timber are issued to users, who then make their own arrangements for the production of the containers.
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Clay or wooden containers must then be discarded while metal containers require ritual scouring.
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Pitch was also used to waterproof wooden containers, and in the making of torches.
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Two ships were specially designed for transport of small wooden containers.
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Early breweries typically used large copper vats in the brewhouse, and fermentation and packaging took place in lined wooden containers.
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Each longhouse contains a number of booths along both sides of the central hallway, separated by wooden containers (akin to modern drawers).
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These kobold effigies were stored in glass and wooden containers.
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Honey and "qatiq" were stored in wooden containers.
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