"wood" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The boat was old; the wood had shrunk a bit, no doubt; it was just a small leak.
- Teflon is "humidity stable" whereas the wood adjacent to the Teflon swells and shrinks with humidity changes, causing problems.
- If dried too quickly, wood shrinks much at the surface, compressing its damp interior.
- The wood had shrunk and warped since then, and the rusty heads of the nails stuck out.
- Since wood shrinks as it dries, one way to keep the barrel watertight is to fill it and let the water stand until the staves swell.
- As he did, the iron-bound wood of the door shrivelled and shrank in on itself with a series of explosions as loud as firecrackers.
- In the original technique, the wood used to build the structure would dry and shrink, then plaster was added to the seams to fill in the gaps.
- Further down the alleyway the wood had shrunk in a fence leaving a knot-hole big enough to see through.
- Immediately the wood shrank, reversing her magic.
- Since the wood does not swell or shrink much it is great for canoe building.
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