abalone shell

collocation in English

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abalone
noun[C]
uk
/æb.əˈləʊ.ni/us
/æb.əˈloʊ.ni/
a small sea creature that can be eaten. It lives inside a shell that is the shape of an ear and is white and ...
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shell
noun
uk
/ʃel/us
/ʃel/
the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and ...
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This book also stated that everyone at the time grew azaleas, even if the poorest people had to use anabaloneshellas a container.
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When theabaloneshellis struck, the tiles slide instead of shattering and the protein stretches to absorb the energy of the blow.
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Abaloneshellis inexpensive and plentiful owing to the commercial mariculture of these gastropods for their meat.
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Many pyro-engravings are inlaid with copper orabaloneshell.
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Similarly, the hierarchy ofabaloneshellbegins at the nanolevel, with an organic layer having a thickness of 2030 nm.
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High-ranking women traditionally wore largeabaloneshellearrings.
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The dust created by grinding and cuttingabaloneshellis dangerous; appropriate safeguards must be taken to protect people from inhaling these particles.
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The luster ofabaloneshellis silky rather than the near vitreous luster of polished ammolite, and the colors of the two materials do not closely approximate.
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With the feathers, 30-50 to every inch, beads were fastened to the baskets border and hung pendants of polishedabaloneshellfrom the basket itself.
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Necklaces often featureabaloneshellpendants.
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These early inhabitants were skilled basket and net makers and fashioned jewelry from crab claws, abalone shells, and the teeth of sharks and whales.
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Other common building materials are beer cans, abalone shells, and concrete.
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