"century" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Larger teapots are a post-19th century invention, as tea before this time was very rare and very expensive.
- His numbering as Charles X derives from a 16th century invention.
- Purely abstract art is a 20th century invention.
- That Roman forces then sowed the city with salt to ensure that nothing would grow there again is almost certainly a 19th century invention.
- The scientific method is a great 19th century invention, along with most of the ritual we take for granted.
- The traditional dating of the event, 872, is a 19th century invention.
- This, however, is a 19th century invention.
- Although vulcanization is a 19th century invention, the history of rubber cured by other means goes back to prehistoric times.
- The bra is a nineteenth century invention which took off as a fashion garment in the 20th century.
- Though napalm was a 20th century invention, it is part of a long history of incendiary materials in warfare.
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