"hold" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Water: Robert creates a cistern to hold rainwater to provide the colonists with sufficient drinking water.
- In the environmentally friendly part of the neighborhood, retention basins are used to hold rainwater and runoff until it settles back into the ground.
- There is also a concrete cistern under the north end of the porch that was used to hold rainwater when the home was first built.
- It had been designed in the 1800's to hold rainwater, and it was still doing that.
- Japanese maples also have little hairs on their twigs that hold rainwater.
- Open containers such as paper cups or beverage cans can hold rainwater, providing breeding locations for mosquitoes.
- Quite recently, a small dam has been built so as to hold rainwater but that part of the island is privately owned and not accessible for tourists.
- Each has its own wind generator and a cistern to hold rainwater gathered from the roof.
- No longer holding heavy rainwater, the pitchers quickly spring back to an upright position.
- We hiked deep into a tree-lined canyon, where the rocks at the bottom held rust-brown rainwater.
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