SHEATH


Meaning of SHEATH in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

sheath knife

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

knife

In essays on whisky-tasting, sheath knives , deer hunting, he has a kind of perfect pitch.

I've always wanted a sheath knife .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Communications-grade fiber is measured two ways: fiber miles and sheath miles.

Gritting his teeth against the pain, he made a grab with his right hand and ripped the knife from its sheath .

Here she wears number 72, a black silk crêpe hooded sheath dress and black satin shoes.

In essays on whisky-tasting, sheath knives, deer hunting, he has a kind of perfect pitch.

Options include a knife sheath , or an additional pocket, a dimpled seat patch and a front convenience zip.

Rising hot water pulls with it a surrounding sheath of cold water, effectively insulating the base of the jet.

The ceramics -- cables encased in a sheath of liquid nitrogen -- are being developed for power generation and other machinery applications.

The immune system inexplicably begins attacking the protective sheaths surrounding nerves, damaging the nerves' ability to conduct impulses.

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