Collocations withcloth
These are words often used in combination withcloth.
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black cloth
The black cloth eased counting and collection of eggs.
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blue cloth
In this period they discovered a variety of other items including blue cloth from a naval uniform, and the bones of several skeletons.
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cloth bag
The experimenter sat down in front of the child and brought out toys from a cloth bag.
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cloth belt
It is a long cylindrical linen cloth belt, around 5 to 10 centimeters in diameter, worn around a woman's hips.
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cloth cap
Sadly our image just hasn't been updated: we are still a cloth cap and muffler set up.
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cloth diaper
In the 1960s, the disposable diaper rapidly took hold and cloth diaper use fell out of favor.
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cloth merchant
For instance, the spinner knew nothing in many cases of the cloth merchant and his problems; the worker knew nothing of the difficulties and problems of the different employers.
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coarse cloth
At present the manufacture of paper has ceased, but the weaving of coarse cloth still gives employment to more than 100 looms.
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cotton cloth
For cotton cloth, we combined two approaches to get the terminal year forecast.
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damp cloth
The track usually takes the form of a damp cloth atop a table.
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dark cloth
The tube was covered with dark cloth for one day after larval inoculation to deter any larval escape.
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fine cloth
Threads of this thickness would be expected to produce a fine cloth.
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green cloth
About 800 were printed, though only 200 were bound in its trademark green cloth cover.
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grey cloth
It included the words "where cotton grey cloth can be recognised".
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heavy cloth
Yes, of course it does, but 16-ounce cloth is fairly heavy cloth.
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layer of cloth
Imagine, further, that the trolley would hit each of the five across an extra layer of cloth.
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length of cloth
Only twice does the end of a length of cloth correspond exactly with the scene boundaries.
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linen cloth
He describes the finding of an "idol" in a cave standing upon a low stool covered with a linen cloth.
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piece of cloth
And yet it is never known to be something other than the rolled up piece of cloth.
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red cloth
At the beginning of the ceremony, it was covered with a red cloth and hidden from view.
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soft cloth
The pulp was removed using a soft cloth and any pulp remains on the seeds were washed off.
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strip of cloth
It was an admirable poster, depicting a long strip of cloth and a pair of scissors cutting it exactly in the middle.
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white cloth
The top of the pagoda was then covered with white cloth, and the lower part opened.
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whole cloth
Separation-of-powers concerns deter litigants from asking courts to create statutor y law out of whole cloth.
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woollen cloth
Ulnage was an official measurement of inspection for quality of woollen cloth.
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woven cloth
Recent textile research has shown, however, that a paucity of preserved whorls cannot be taken to indicate a corresponding lack of woven cloth.
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