"decay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

decay sustantivo

sustantivo + decay
Kolokacji: 7
tooth decay • beta decay • proton decay • alpha decay • gamma decay • ...
decay + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 9
decay product • decay rate • decay mode • decay process • decay chain • ...
decay + verbo
Kolokacji: 3
decay causes • decay occurs • decay happens
verbo + decay
Kolokacji: 8
fall into decay • prevent tooth decay • undergo decay • cause tooth decay • smell decay • ...
adjetivo + decay
Kolokacji: 32
radioactive decay • urban decay • moral decay • social decay • natural decay • ...
(2) urban, moral
Kolokacji: 2
(3) social, cultural
Kolokacji: 2
(5) slow, rapid, gradual
Kolokacji: 3
(8) dental, general
Kolokacji: 2
(9) organic, bacterial, fungal
Kolokacji: 3
1. organic decay = organiczny rozpad organic decay
2. bacterial decay = bakteryjny rozpad bacterial decay
  • Rapid bacterial decay prevents the accumulation of humus.
  • These conditions had prevented any onset of bacterial decay of the soft tissues.
  • The gases from bacterial decay begin to escape, causing strong odor.
  • In a hot, dry climate the body may dehydrate, inhibiting bacterial decay; the skin dries to a dark leathery appearance.
  • These qualities helped inhibit bacterial decay of the mummies.
  • When plants die in such an anaerobic aquatic environment, low oxygen levels prevent their complete bacterial decay.
  • While the preservation of food in the freezing temperatures and dry climate has been noted, bacterial decay still occurs.
  • Something that would both dissolve grease and act as a bleach, and in the same process, help to preserve the leather from bacterial decay.
  • Red ochre inhibited bacterial decay and was also an insect repellent, including the small parasitic insects that lived on warm-blooded animals like humans.
  • These enzymes also play a role in breaking down food particles entrapped within dental crevices, protecting teeth from bacterial decay.
3. fungal decay = grzybiczny rozpad fungal decay
preposición + decay
Kolokacji: 12
of decay • into decay • from decay • in decay • to decay • ...

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