Collocations withearth
These are words often used in combination withearth.
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bare earth
The ground under sitka becomes bare earth.
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earth tremor
So far as the ban on underground tests is concerned, it is a physical impossibility to have an inspection of every suspicious earth tremor.
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mound of earth
The site of this underground building will be marked only a by grassed over mound of earth about 150 metres square at the base.
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packed earth
It includes several superimposed floors of packed earth and remains of wattle-and-daub walls.
From theCambridge English Corpus
planet earth
We must remember that in speaking of the history of ' the world ', we are not referring to the planet earth, or even to the entire physical universe.
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rammed earth
In 1388, the rammed earth wall was overlaid with bricks.
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soft earth
The experts recommend soft earth as the best method of earth stopping.
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