"precious" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

precious adjetivo

precious + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 130
precious metal • precious stone • precious thing • precious time • precious resource • precious moment • precious second • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 26
2. precious material = cenny materiał precious material
3. precious mineral = cenny minerał precious mineral
4. precious stuff = cenne coś precious stuff
5. precious paper = cenny papier precious paper
7. precious marble = cenny marmur precious marble
  • The columns and the walls were of precious marbles; the 50 meter (164 ft) high roof was covered by gilded bronze tiles.
  • This palace was then decorated with different varieties of flower plants and precious marbles.
  • It is built entirely of precious marbles, brought from the Orient - nothing in its composition is domestic.
  • The panels were selected and matched and polished so that they glowed like precious marble.
  • Bathing-pools, lined with precious marbles, had been hollowed out in the middle of a little level mead over which high rocks cast their shadow.
  • Finished with exquisite craftsmanship, every detail has been done by hand with liberal use of precious marbles, mosaics and stone.
  • The cross is plainly made of wood, not gold or precious marble.
  • The walkway rests on four carved columns of precious marble, in between which an intricate net-vault is spun.
  • The mihrab and mimbar are likewise richly decorated with precious marbles.
  • It was designed by Pasquale Belli with precious marble in neo-classical style.
8. precious gold = cenne złoto precious gold
(5) resource, asset
Kolokacji: 2
(8) cargo, burden
Kolokacji: 2
(11) water, fluid, liquid, food
Kolokacji: 4
(12) memory, knowledge
Kolokacji: 2
(15) item, icon, one
Kolokacji: 3
(17) day, opportunity, Bunny
Kolokacji: 3
(19) Love, darling
Kolokacji: 2
(21) Lord, son, word
Kolokacji: 3
(22) egg, seed, fruit, grain
Kolokacji: 4
(23) drop, pearl
Kolokacji: 2
(24) air, fuel, oxygen, oil
Kolokacji: 4
(25) coin, currency, dollar
Kolokacji: 3
(26) herb, spice
Kolokacji: 2
adverbio + precious
Kolokacji: 4
most precious • infinitely precious • overly precious • equally precious
precious + preposición
Kolokacji: 4
precious to • precious in • precious of • precious for

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