charred wood

collocation in English

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charred
adjective
uk
/tʃɑːd/us
/tʃɑːrd/
burned ...
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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 ofcharredandwoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rich in organic material, this basal midden paleosol also contained a preponderance ofcharredwood.
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It was unclear whether the chemicals incharredwood, which are active in triggering germination, are the same as those responsible for smoke-induced germination.
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Pieces of paper,charredwood, or something of that sort, obviously cannot be divided up.
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It is an engraving collage, with glue, melted plastic andcharredwood.
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Central hearths were found in the houses, along withcharredwoodand fire cracked rocks.
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Traditionally the visitors are "blackened", i.e. their faces are smeared with soot from thecharredwood.
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This would leave one or more centimeters ofcharredwoodwhere the fire was built that would be easier to remove.
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Broken red-burnished pottery andcharredwoodfound on these platforms has led archaeologists to hypothesize that these platform were sometimes used for ceremonies and rituals.
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Smoke,charredwood, and heat can stimulate the germination of seeds in a process called "serotiny".
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The fines (charredwoodand smoke residues, or charcoal dust) of periodic brush fires also have had an effect on the patterning and composition of the garrigues.
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These objects include a chisel or borer, several spearheads and javelin heads, and an iron cone withcharredwoodinside and a rivet hole through the cone.
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Samples ofcharredwoodwere taken from beneath the meteorite fragments and analyzed for carbon-14 composition.
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However, males will occasionally gather over moist charcoal to obtain nutrients from thecharredwoodprior to copulation.
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To keep the fires smoldering, fires were carefully controlled 24 hours a day for ten days to two weeks -the time needed to produce thecharredwoodor charcoal.
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