wooden vessel

collocation in English

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wooden
adjective
uk
/ˈwʊd.ən/us
/ˈwʊd.ən/
made ...
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vessel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈves.əl/us
/ˈves.əl/
formal
a large boat or ...
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(Definition ofwoodenandvesselfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Originally done by hand much likewoodenvesselcaulking, pneumatic tools were later employed.
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She was awoodenvessel, purchased from a private owner specifically for survey work.
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The sediment preserved the remains of thewoodenvesseland without this the wreck would have been lost due to worms.
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The tympanum is an instrument made of skin or hide stretched over a hollowwoodenvesselwhich extends out.
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The use of steel enabled the addition of another hundred feet to the two hundred foot effective maximum length of awoodenvessel.
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Kava is brewed in awoodenvesselknown as a "tana", a multilegged bowl which is also an art form carved in wood, that is much in demand.
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The tradition runs now into many centuries, to the days of the old wooden vessels.
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Most of these would be wooden vessels, difficult to detect with current technology.
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A notorious and very obvious case is that of wooden vessels.
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That applies to casks and wooden vessels which are largely used for liquids.
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Leaks between the hull planks of wooden vessels are a particular problem.
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On wooden vessels, the skeg is extremely fragile and must be watched.
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The facility built wooden vessels such as schooners and barges, as well as steam-powered vessels.
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The newer generations have resorted to building fiberglass boats as opposed to wooden vessels.
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She was originally designed to ram and sink burning wooden vessels, as a last resort, and was equipped with a ram bow for doing so.
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Named in honour of their late father, also a shipbuilder, the company focused on building wooden vessels for the fishing industry, much like the brothers had learned from their father.
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Of iron and steel construction, they had coppering over timber below the waterline, as did older wooden vessels.
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He also started modernizing the fleet from wooden vessels to metal plated ships and from sailing ships to ships equipped with steam engines.
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It was different for the unarmored gunboats, because these ships were mainly wooden vessels, they were "torn to pieces" by enemy fire.
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Continuing to produce wooden vessels, mainly for fishing, the plant produced 42 ships from 1920 to 1950, all by hand.
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