coconut shell

collocation in English

meaningsofcoconutandshell

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coconut
noun
uk
/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/us
/ˈkoʊ.kə.nʌt/
a large fruit like a nut with a thick, hard, brown shell covered in fibre (= a mass of thread-like parts) and containing hard, white flesh that can be eaten and a ...
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shell
noun
uk
/ʃel/us
/ʃel/
the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and ...
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(Definition ofcoconutandshellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To make the boat slippery while in the water, it is oiled with a mixture of fish oil,coconutshellcarbon and eggs.
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Babalawos do not use cowrie shells, but instead the epuele chain, made of pieces of kola nut orcoconutshellon a metal chain.
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Barong mask is made ofcoconutshelland costumes made of keraras or banana leaves that have been dried.
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Thecoconutshellwas attached to the rod, serving as a resonator.
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The soundbox is made from acoconutshellthat is covered on the open front by cowskin.
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Some of its highlights are the 101coconut-shellchandelier, and the dining table made of 40,000 tiny pieces of inlaid coconut shells.
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The subsequent holes are covered using half acoconutshellattached by means of rattan.
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It is described like a hollow of a vastcoconutshell.
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Those who first bring water, incoconutshellcontainers, deposit it before the bowl.
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A two-string bowed lute consisting of a wooden body, traditionally though now rarely a singlecoconutshell, covered with very fine stretched skin.
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The phin-phia is a stringed instrument whose body is made from acoconutshell.
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The bowl is made of a cutcoconutshellthat is covered with goat hide.
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The instruments name can be broken down as n meaning string instrument, and go literally translated as an agedcoconutshellused as a scooper.
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Kava is normally drunk from an emptycoconutshell.
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Activated carbon manufactured fromcoconutshellis considered extremely effective for the removal of impurities.
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He constructed the false idol out ofcoconutshelland painted a face on it.
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Roasting methods are "bakar" (grilling) usually employing charcoal, firewood, orcoconutshell, "panggang" (baked) usually refer to baking employing oven.
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