piece of wood
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpieceandwood
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piece
noun[C]
uk/piːs/us/piːs/
a part ...
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wood
noun
uk/wʊd/us/wʊd/
a hard substance that forms the branches and trunks of trees and can be used as a building material, for making things, or as ...
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(Definition ofpieceandwoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thepieceofwoodfloating in the lake became soaked with water.
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But as we have already seen, raising one's hand does not "cause" an auction bid any more than moving apieceofwood"causes" a chess move.
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It is as if apieceofwoodis undulating on the surface of the ocean with no apparent direction.
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No farming was done near the forest and nobody was allowed to cut even apieceofwoodnor otherwise do any kind of work in it.
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Apieceofwoodhas unpuzzling normative properties within the practice of chess which constrain what chess-players may do.
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In practice, things in the world - apieceofwood, some apparatus, a need - guide agents in a particular skilled activity - playing chess, doing science, or acting morally.
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The inner diameter of the core is about the same (1.3-1.4 cm) on a thick or thinpieceofwood.
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Vans deliver onepieceofwoodand are left there for the rest of the day.
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Apieceofwoodon a couple of wheels is no longer adequate.
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A former houseboy came later and nailed apieceofwoodacross the front door.
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Thepieceofwoodflew into his eye, and he lost his eye.
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In fact, most of us would not have much more than apieceofwood—if that.
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You cannot use apieceofwoodinstead of mercury in a thermometer.
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Therefore, this provision is in, so that it is not possible merely to add on apieceofwoodand then say that the boat is of a different size.
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It is a similar case, in which there were two girders, and apieceofwoodwas wedged between them.
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Did she see the article that appeared in it the other day about a 30 ftpieceofwoodon which more than a million goose barnacles were found?
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The theory is that a squarepieceofwoodof a given size will go into a square hole of a given size, but it does not follow.
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I always thought that dominoes were the implements with which the game was played and that each particularpieceofwood, bone or other material, was a domino.
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It is obviously dangerous because when the man puts apieceofwoodin to be sawn, his fingers may come against the saw.
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For example, can apieceofwoodthat repairs a seat, the seat itself, or the sandpaper which goes on the electric tool be sold?
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