wood turning

collocation in English

meaningsofwoodandturning

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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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turning
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɜː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈtɝː.nɪŋ/
a place, especially a road, track, or path, where you can leave the road you ...
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(Definition ofwoodandturningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Woodturningin many districts is important already; other industries will follow.
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Freshmen were offered carpentry, cabinet making, andwoodturning.
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Beginning in the 90s, he has moved towardwoodturningand sculpture.
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In traditionalwoodturning, the template is a single piece of wood.
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It is occasionally used for ornamental purposes inwoodturningand cabinet paneling.
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The timber can be used forwoodturning.
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For six years as a young man he worked in his father'swoodturningmill.
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The white or pinkish grained wood can be used inwoodturningor cabinet making.
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A bead is also an important design element inwoodturning, a ring-shape or convex curve incised into a piece by the use of a chisel or skew.
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The timber is valued forwoodturning.
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These works are considered by many collectors to be his most prominent contribution to thewoodturningfield.
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The wood has attractive figuring and is used inwoodturning, for making decorative items and in the production of wood veneer.
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The station now is a craft, gift andwoodturningcentre with a tea/coffee/cake shop.
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I learned how to use awoodturninglathe and spent many happy hours turning new pegs.
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Fire burnswoodturningto smoke.
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The old hotel desk, decorated with wood turnings, still sat at the base of the large staircase.
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