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"stem" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

stem sustantivo

sustantivo + stem
Kolokacji: 9
brain stem • plant stem • stem of one's pipe • verb stem • flower stem • ...
stem + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 23
stem cell • stem cell research • stem end • STEM education • STEM field • ...
stem + verbo
Kolokacji: 5
stem grows • stem reaches • stem ends • stem bears • stem rises
adjetivo + stem
Kolokacji: 36
main stem • erect stem • long stem • single stem • tall stem • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 5
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 9
(1) main, central
Kolokacji: 2
(2) erect, single, upright, straight, vertical, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(3) long, tall, short, thick, upper, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(4) slender, thin, cylindrical, fragile
Kolokacji: 4
(5) hairy, embryonic, hairless, human
Kolokacji: 4
(6) green, reddish, purple, red
Kolokacji: 4
(7) underground, naked, bare
Kolokacji: 3
(8) hollow, swollen
Kolokacji: 2
(9) tough, strong, stiff
Kolokacji: 3
1. tough stem = nieustępliwa łodyga tough stem
  • Wash and trim the asparagus, breaking off tough stem ends at the point where they bend easily.
  • Pull off leaves from cauliflower, and trim tough stem end away.
  • His fingers circled the tough stem and Bolan pulled himself along.
  • He tugged, and in a moment the tough stem let go.
  • Wash and trim asparagus by breaking at the point where the tough stem meets the tender upper part.
  • The tough dark-coloured stem can be 15 cm tall but is only up to 3 mm in diameter.
  • Presenting it with its tough stem intact added nothing to its appeal.
  • Rather than making a flamboyant statement, it was cut in strips and included the tough stem.
  • Break asparagus at the point where tough stem meets the tender part.
  • Breath rasping in his dried throat, he sawed at the tough stem, finally cutting it through.
2. strong stem = silna łodyga strong stem
3. stiff stem = sztywna łodyga stiff stem
preposición + stem
Kolokacji: 8
from the stem • on the stem • with a stem • of the stem • to the stem • ...

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