noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
can
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Female speaker I was looking for drugs and walking over the aerosol cans .
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There are three reagents, conveniently supplied in aerosol cans .
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And the manufacture of aerosol cans takes considerable resources and energy.
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The floor was a carpet of aerosol cans , and crumpled bags, and tins of lager.
spray
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When I kill cockroaches using an aerosol spray , they invariably die belly-up.
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If neither solution is practical, try burning a joss-stick or invest in a large aerosol spray .
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Fly produced an aerosol spray and cleaned the clear glass lenses for me.
■ VERB
use
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When I kill cockroaches using an aerosol spray, they invariably die belly-up.
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I need hairspray, but I don't like hair that looks stiff and I don't like to use aerosols .
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Do not use aerosols or talcum powder.
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Drink lots of water. Use an aerosol freshener.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Had these people got bored with making cars and stereos and aerosols? were they going to start making history?
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He'd choked on his own vomit after a session of sniffing aerosols.
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History 2, greenhouse plus aerosol forcing.
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I need hairspray, but I don't like hair that looks stiff and I don't like to use aerosols.
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She didn't know whether or not he was sniffing but when I searched his room I found empty aerosols.
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The aerosol device is unlikely to have been the cause.
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The aerosol in a bottle of hair spray can induce a fast, powerful high.
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The rain had a fine and penetrating quality about it that reminded him of the oil you squirt from an aerosol can.