adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
polished
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I didn't want to spill anything on the polished surface of the table.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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He levers his feet into a pair of highly polished black calf Oxfords.
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A highly polished effort, the graphics are nothing short of amazing.
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Well-dressed suckers were pouring out of the upstairs theatre, barrelling down the rickety spiral staircase, skidding on the highly polished floor.
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However, what caught my eye most was a highly polished harmonium.
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With his highly polished boots and gaiters, corduroy trousers and tweed jacket, he looked the epitome of authority.
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The phone slipped from Lucenzo's fingers to the highly polished desk with a clatter.
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His is not just a lovingly maintained and highly polished old car.
■ NOUN
floor
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As Nicholson headed towards it his shoes beat out a tattoo on the polished floor .
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Gaggia machines burbled on marble bars, new secretaries clicked across polished floors , uniformed valets twirled glass doors.
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Well-dressed suckers were pouring out of the upstairs theatre, barrelling down the rickety spiral staircase, skidding on the highly polished floor .
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They may not feel easy at moving fast on a polished floor .
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It was big, square room with a polished floor and a high ceiling.
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Jessica was standing on the polished floor , beside the polished table, in the elegant and lovely room.
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The next task is to give the house a thorough spring-clean, paying particular attention to curtains, carpets and polished floors .
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Remembering the visit to the cotton mill, on the other hand, I can see myself watching from the polished floor .
mahogany
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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.
surface
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Huy looked at the black polished surface of the table behind which Kenamun stood.
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Horizontal sections of enormous redwoods were frequently displayed with single rings identified on the polished surface .
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The embalmers may well have been attracted by the waxed and polished surface of the monthly Playmates.
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He went across and stood there beside the saddle, smoothing his hand over its finely polished surfaces .
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His gaze remained fixed on the polished surface of the table, which dimly reflected the glooms and gleams of the room.
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Etching such a polished surface gives a relief which is more subtly fabric selective than etches controlled by an imperfect surface.
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These lay down the marvellously patterned and polished surface characteristic of cowries.
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Sample preparation Single crystal samples with polished surfaces give the best results.
table
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Anyway, Irene always complained about the way lupins shed their petals all over the polished table .
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When she emerged, the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two.
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A polished table was in one corner, with dining chairs askew round it.
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A long polished table stood in the centre, holding an assortment of bottles, and a tray of glasses.
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Jessica was standing on the polished floor, beside the polished table , in the elegant and lovely room.
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A long, polished table stood in the centre of the room.
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It ran in a red river across the polished table top and cascaded on to her peacock-blue cashmere skirt.
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A highly polished table under a mirror, perhaps a bowl of flowers beside it reflecting in the table.
wood
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The place was fitted out in dark, polished wood in the style of the twenties.
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There was a large table in the centre of the room, made of dark polished wood .
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It is in walnut polished wood , bow fronted with bow legs.
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The floor was of plain polished wood with islands of Bokhara carpets.
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Traditional with polished wood furniture and fine accessories to create a feeling of opulence.
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Rosie at once scrambled to her feet, the marbles she had in her lap dropping and clattering over the polished wood floors.
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A couple of very good oriental rugs were pools of subdued colour on the polished wood floor.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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polished manners
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a polished and handsome lawyer
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a polished granite counter
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a polished oak floor
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All their furniture was made of dark red polished wood.
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Guillem is a polished ballerina.
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Her nails were beautifully shaped and polished .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A woman is more likely to be put off by a polished performer, if that is all he has to offer.
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For many teachers therefore written language is equated with literary language, with the polished performance of narrative, drama or poetry.
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He levers his feet into a pair of highly polished black calf Oxfords.
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His paper-weight and doorstop were of ground and polished foin-stone.
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Horizontal sections of enormous redwoods were frequently displayed with single rings identified on the polished surface.
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On one edge of the table a cigarette had burned a nice little groove in the polished oak.
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The décor was all polished glass tiles and gleaming brass.