plastic beads

collocation in English

meaningsofplasticandbead

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plastic
adjective
uk
/ˈplæs.tɪk/us
/ˈplæs.tɪk/
made ...
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bead
noun[C]
uk
/biːd/us
/biːd/
a small, coloured, often round piece of plastic, wood, glass, etc. with a hole through it. It is usually put on a string with a lot of others to ...
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(Definition ofplasticandbeadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To control for ancillary seed loss not attributable to granivory, we created dishes that contained black plastic beads and placed one dish in each plot.
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There is an ongoing search for the last container of plastic beads.
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It consists of a string of twelve numbered wooden or plastic beads of increasing size from about 1 to 25 millilitres.
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They were round, plastic beads that attached easily (by snapping in place) onto bicycle wheel spokes.
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These were replaced by inexpensive, durable, standardized plastic beads.
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Many un-refrigerated ship model basins use ice simulants such as paraffin wax, plaster, and mixtures of foam or plastic beads.
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This is also true of most plastic beads.
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Using plastic beads, he was able to track the motion of the motors moving along microtubules.
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