noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a wooden/mahogany/rosewood etc desk
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He sat at a plain wooden desk.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dark
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Her body looked like dark mahogany , and the lights and shades created by the dim bulbs were silver and sludge-green.
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Maude took a scat at the end of the table and laid her hands flat on the dark mahogany .
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Flower sprigged fabrics in pastel colours create a relaxing background, whilst dark mahogany toned furniture adds a feeling of rich tradition.
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In this bathroom, dark mahogany units echo the tones of the dark antique furniture in the bedroom.
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A tip from George: for darker wood like mahogany and walnut, it pays to use a white Conté pencil.
polished
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A polished mahogany table, big enough to seat twenty people, ran down the middle of it.
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His new passenger carriages were also impressive, with polished mahogany bodies.
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Did he take Policemen and Bishops Inspector Spruce placed his notebook on the polished mahogany table and waited.
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She ran to the polished mahogany bureau, opened the lid and threw the choker on to a pile of papers.
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An ordinary pack; a Tarot pack; she spread them out on the polished mahogany .
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Alfred Oliver finally crumbles in a heap behind his polished mahogany counter.
■ NOUN
desk
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Mr Loveitt was sitting behind an elegant mahogany desk .
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There was a green-shaded lamp on his mahogany desk , and a small white Olympia typewriter.
table
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Rose, watching him across the shining mahogany table , guessed what he was wondering.
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Between the front windows was a small mahogany table , over which hung a matching mirror.
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A polished mahogany table , big enough to seat twenty people, ran down the middle of it.
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He dressed quickly in faded denim jeans and a black T-shirt and sat opposite her at the little mahogany table .
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Did he take Policemen and Bishops Inspector Spruce placed his notebook on the polished mahogany table and waited.
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The president sat at the head of the long mahogany table .
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Before her, across a large mahogany table , were three stewards, two of whom she knew.
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The red lamp was burning on the mahogany table , catching above the chandelier with its drops of blood.
■ VERB
make
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The body on the Moon is made from mahogany , with a birdseye maple top.
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The body framework was made of teak with mahogany panelling and walnut interior panelling.
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Some easels are made with mahogany , one of the most stable and durable woods available.
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The body of this guitar is made from mahogany for the back and sides, with an attractive birdseye maple top.
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The body is made from mahogany and this has been contoured at the upper edge, for all the usual reasons.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A solid wood stem and mahogany floors and stiffeners complete the basic construction which has been particularly cleanly executed by West Custom.
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Across a wide expanse of mahogany sat a man in his fifties.
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His new passenger carriages were also impressive, with polished mahogany bodies.
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I used mahogany , but other woods may be preferable.
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Popular, privately owned century-old hotel, awash with oriental rugs, rich mahogany , walnut panelling and other Victoriana.
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Rose, watching him across the shining mahogany table, guessed what he was wondering.
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She's a beauty; a forty-foot ketch built of mahogany on oak.
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The strip of mahogany has the grain running lengthwise.