burnt wood

collocation in English

meaningsofburntandwood

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burnt
adjective
uk
/bɜːnt/us
/bɝːnt/
destroyed or made black by fire ...
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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 ofburntandwoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Acetone is a carbon compound made frontburntwood.
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They feed on the particular fungi that grow onburntwood.
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During archaeological excavations carried out in 1946-1947, traces ofburntwoodwere found, indicating that the first church may have been a stave church.
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Theburntwoodwas then removed using an adze.
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The shepherds who grazed their sheep in that region found the perfume lingering in theburntwoodlong after the ascetics left the place.
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On it stood a pair of clay feet that had been the idol's base, as well as bits ofburntwood.
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Suddenly, the scene takes a dark turn as crashes are heard and the smell ofburntwoodfills the air.
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The soil in the area containsburntwoodremains possibly associated with ground clearance for the construction of the wall in this area.
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The characteristic feature excavated from the interior of it was a log ofburntwoodremaining on the bottom of the canoe.
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This belief is reinforced by his finding a piece ofburntwoodin the house.
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They built them from the logs of cypress by slowing burning out the center of the log and scraping theburntwoodout, leaving only the outer shell.
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The shaft fill in this area included diverse ceramic sherds and partiallyburntwoodand the remains of what was probably burning incense.
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Servius writes that when a fire destroyed her wood and the locals were about moving the statues to another location, theburntwoodturned green all of a sudden.
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A curious feature of the case is that a piece ofburntwoodhad been placed under the tongue of the victim, a circumstance that greatly mystified all.
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The name therefore translates roughly asburntwood, perhaps referring to the charcoal burning heritage in the village and local woods.
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Also, noburntwoodhas been observed.
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Dry weight concentrations of uranium in plants range from 5 to 60 parts per billion, and ash fromburntwoodcan have concentrations up to 4 parts per million.
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A logging company might research ways to use partiallyburntwoodto be processed so that the undamaged portions of it can be made into pulp for paper.
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