wood ash

collocation in English

meaningsofwoodandash

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wood
adjective
uk
/wʊd/us
/wʊd/
made ...
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ash
noun
uk
/æʃ/us
/æʃ/
the soft grey or black powder that is left after a substance, especially tobacco, coal, or wood, ...
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(Definition ofwoodandashfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This larva was placed onwoodashand immediately began to move forward, constantly changing direction.
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Chapter 7 onwoodashis well written and useful.
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This is a process that invests the finished work with distinctive qualities of colour and texture as salt andwoodashinteract during the firing.
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It penetrates coarse sand more readily than fine, and fine sand thanwoodash, and burrows easily in fine sand with pebbles.
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The table shows the results, and it is seen that in both species more larvae burrowed in coarse than in fine sand, and more in sand than inwoodash.
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Old timers recall the park being the site of the area's coal/woodashdump.
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Manganese present inwoodashmay have contributed to the lighter, translucent green colour.
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Because of this property,woodashhas also traditionally been used to makewood-ashsoap.
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The use ofwoodashas a field treatment became widespread.
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Other seals have a protruded pattern that creates a negative indentation in thewoodash.
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Woodashcan also be used to manufacture soap.
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The hair was often lightened usingwoodash, unslaked lime and sodium bicarbonate, or darkened with copper filings, oak-apples or leeches marinated in wine and vinegar.
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It is refined for two weeks by scrubbing the rind and is then rolled inwoodash, giving it a greyish color.
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O should be applied to each plant per year besides organic manures, such as vermicompost, oil cakes, poultry manure andwoodash.
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Layer 10 itself is described as ash with biologically produced silicon, aluminum, iron, and potassium, butwoodashremnants such as siliceous aggregates are missing.
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The frame was made from thewoodashwith 3/32 inch steel flitch plates and tubular cross-members.
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Friar is known for usingwoodashand other unusual artistic mediums as well as bark, leaves and grass in place of paint brushes.
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