noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the arms/timber/book etc trade
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Britain is heavily involved in the arms trade.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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They rode through just before the first of the big gate timbers descended in an explosion of sparks.
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The biggest enemy of timber cladding - and its supporting battens - is rot.
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The big white timber and stone structure nestled, half hidden, amongst mature oak and elm.
heavy
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Above this central partition lay a heavy timber roof-truss, supporting the purlins and extending down to suspended ceiling level.
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We had an excess issue of heavy timber .
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The expansion of both the Royal Navy and the mercantile marine also entailed a heavy demand for timber .
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The structure of the open warehouse floors consisted of cast-iron columns supporting steel, iron or heavy timber beams.
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Your men cut heavy baulks of timber: oak, elm, beech.
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The heavy timber door closed resoundingly behind her and the heels of her sandals clicked on the stone floors.
large
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They raided two yards belonging to Timbmet, the country's second largest timber importer, at Oxford and Bicester.
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No. 8 is a large timber drying shed.
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Fancy designs are available from larger timber merchants, and give a lovely effect when lit from behind.
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Britain is presently the world's second largest timber importer with a self-sufficiency in wood of only about 10%.
old
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The beautiful restaurant has a traditional feel, with splendid old timbers and a delightful new conservatory.
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Searching out high-quality old timber is a big factor in the opening up of pristine forests.
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And finally, one great advantage of all old timber - it is fully seasoned and will never move again.
tropical
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The first-stage trees are largely used for pulp, while the second-stage ones are the bulk of the tropical timber industry.
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For the environmentally minded contractor, several lumber companies in California are now marketing ethically chopped tropical rain forest timber .
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The organisation has set 2000 as the target for tropical timber producers to introduce sustainable policies.
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Early last year the North Hertfordshire branch of Friends of the Earth conducted a survey of importers of tropical timber .
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Conserving Matters Steps are at last being taken to create a formal structure for checking the sources of sustainably managed tropical timber .
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However, it agreed to postpone until 1994 the negotiation of a new agreement between tropical timber producers and consumers.
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In 1990, it imported over 900,000 cubic metres of tropical timber , and nearly eight million finished tropical timber products.
■ NOUN
beam
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However it was to no avail: the Orcs swarmed across the river floating on broken timber beams and other debris.
building
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The second-century timber buildings in Annetwell Street mentioned above were replaced by masonry structures, possibly under Severus.
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Excavations south of the fort have shown the existence of contemporary timber buildings as far south as Blackfriars Street.
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We visited this and were told that the timber buildings were of three periods, of course.
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To the south lay several layers representing the floors and make-up of a timber building alongside streets 1 and 3.
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Its original turf and timber buildings were eventually replaced by stone ones.
company
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The foreign company would also assist the Forestry Department in collecting royalty and tax payments from the timber companies.
floor
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Some of the more complex structures may have had suspended timber floors .
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They can be put in a timber floor or in a trench in a solid floor.
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Overloaded or lightly structured timber floors are also likely to deflect or sag, producing a dished or sloping floor surface.
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Quarry tiles in the kitchen, dining room and hall are laid on the diagonal, on top of a timber floor .
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The first is the crawl space beneath any suspended timber floors , where rot can quickly develop unless ventilation is good.
frame
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A typical lightweight construction would be a timber frame with insulation between the studs and an inner lining of plasterboard.
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You can buy an off-the-peg timber frame house or discover how to design and build your own house of stone.
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At least today's timber frame builders can use a crane to haul the weighty beams into place.
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Illustrated is the system used for securing sheets to a simple lean-to verandah roof with timber frame .
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The second type of grave was structurally similar to the first but also included timber frames on which the deceased were laid.
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Though build-about 1740 this timber frame type of construction dates back to the Middle Ages.
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Then the timber frame construction can start.
industry
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The Shadow Agriculture Minister says privatisation would be a scandal and could threaten jobs in the timber industry .
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While environmentalists want some of the damaged trees to remain, the timber industry wants to remove as many as possible.
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Doctor Strang also introduced fears that privatisation will effect the future of jobs in the timber industry .
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The timber industry estimates that it, too, will reap millions.
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Unfortunately the timber industry is shot through with economic inefficiency.
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Environmentalists and representatives of the timber industry , nearly always at odds, find themselves supporting a policy of increased burning.
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The report has been welcomed by many legislators as the most authoritative and independent assessment of the old-growth timber industry ever prepared.
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Two professors injured, an advertising executive and a timber industry lobbyist killed.
merchant
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Branches of timber merchants , such as W H Newson, stock a range of hardwood mouldings for you to put up yourself.
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Fancy designs are available from larger timber merchants , and give a lovely effect when lit from behind.
product
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At the moment, about four-fifths of all the timber and timber products we use have to be imported.
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In 1990, it imported over 900,000 cubic metres of tropical timber , and nearly eight million finished tropical timber products .
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Cellular plastic has a high insulation value, four times greater than similar timber products .
production
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The first crop, taken out at intervals of 30 years or more, was that of standard trees for timber production .
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Nevertheless, the prime objective of forest management remains that of timber production .
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New officers had to be appointed for the new objective of woodland management for timber production .
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The site is a former quarry which is now managed for wildlife, informal recreation, environmental education and timber production .
roof
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This problem did not extend to the roof timbers as this construction was very well ventilated.
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The concealed roof timbers are then subjected to conditions of continual vaporisation and condensation which give rise to wet and dry rot.
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The design and size of the roof timbers is governed by the Building Regulations and approved by the local authority.
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A sudden spear of light strikes across the distempered roof timbers .
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Most garages escape this problem since usually they have no ceiling boards or insulation and the roof timbers are left exposed.
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They comprised a great hall of two storeys open to the roof timbers , solar, storage accommodation and bedchambers.
structure
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If so, the timber structure need have been little more than the simplest type of tailor's dummy.
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She was made of flexible bamboo, while the majority of the other rafts had been more massive, sturdy timber structures .
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So far as the timber structure is concerned, you may not understand it, but it should look regular and well formed.
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Early timber structures fell, in turn, into decay the last being demolished in 1798.
trade
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One day it could be used by the timber trade as a guide for preserving the environment which pays their wages.
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Baker of the timber trade group.
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The organisation has the dual role of protecting both the rainforests and the interests of 47 nations involved in the timber trade .
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The study identified a total of 1,868 species of tree involved in the world timber trade .
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The seminar took the view that the timber trade helps preserve forests by giving them economic value.
yard
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Eventually I got fed up with waiting and went round to the timber yard .
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They also visit stone quarries, timber yards and specialist conservation studios and workshops.
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Plain and simple mouldings can be bought at most timber yards and home decorating shops.
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Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timber yard .
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Along the length of the railway line were timber yards , rope works, maltings and an iron foundry.
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There are many timber yards and a chemical industry using the imported oil.
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We bought timber from a timber yard and went to another two builders' merchants for some specialised bits.
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The first thing we saw was a large articulated lorry being loaded up in the timber yard .
■ VERB
build
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It takes 900 separate pieces of oak to build a typical timber framed house.
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They built timber groynes and constructed chalk banks and patched up breaches as they occurred.
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Voice over Border Oak builds around 30 timber framed homes a year from manor houses to small cottages.
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The earlier models were built with more conventional timber materials.
cut
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If the blocks are cut from quarter-sawn timber durability will be improved over that of plain sawn timber.
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It seemed the man had cut down some timber and wanted Ballantyne to purchase it.
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Their axes sounded loud in the long wood as they cut the timber for their cooking fires.
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For example, an owner of land could grant a licence to cut and remove standing timber .
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Your men cut heavy baulks of timber: oak, elm, beech.
provide
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It provided grazing land, timber , fruits and fuel, while remaining an undamaged wildlife habitat.
replace
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In later Victorian buildings, iron beams and columns replaces timber in this arrangement.
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Vaults have generally replaced the original timber roofs in the later Middle Ages and most churches have a detached, later campanile.
sell
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In his assumed name of Brown he sold the timber to an innocent purchaser.
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Several years ago, he said he was arrested for cutting and selling timber on state property.
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B sold the timber to S. E then sued S for conversion of the timber.
support
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The chains supporting the deck of timber are made of wrought-iron links which Brown had patented three years earlier.
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The main hall of the palace is built over a large undercroft and has twin naves with columns supporting a timber roof.
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Several horse-wheels survive in Northumberland, housed in circular buildings with their roofs supported by pillars of timber or stone.
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The weatherboarded top was originally supported by the timber trestle, which has since been enclosed within a brick roundhouse.
use
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You can use a timber off-cut to protect brick edges.
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One day it could be used by the timber trade as a guide for preserving the environment which pays their wages.
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Typically, one of the products could be Shaker boxes, using green unseasoned timber cut into very thin pieces.
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Fixing shingles Because of the little maintenance they require I intend using shingles rather than timber cladding.
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I don't think we used the timber more than five times in the whole round.
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The crew salvaged some food and had a barbecue on which they grilled fish and birds using timber from the boat.
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Another feature will be single wall construction, using a simple timber cladding without a brick facing.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
old-growth forests/rainforest/timber etc
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But propaganda that all old-growth forests are being hacked down willy-nilly is nonsense.
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Like the northern spotted owl, the tiny bird is dependent on old-growth forests.
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The floors of old-growth forests tend to be fairly sterile because overhead canopies of leaves prevent light from reaching the ground.
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The report has been welcomed by many legislators as the most authoritative and independent assessment of the old-growth timber industry ever prepared.
wine/coal/timber etc merchant
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Branches of timber merchants , such as W H Newson, stock a range of hardwood mouldings for you to put up yourself.
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Consumers should go there only with guidance from a capable wine merchant or reviewer.
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Other services provided by Co-operative societies include undertakers, coal merchants and opticians.
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Take time to shop around; get to know your local wine merchant or investigate your local supermarket.
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The 13 coal merchants and some of the 12 corn and seed merchants no doubt operated from the wharf.
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The worst was a coal merchant .
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Whigham's Wine Cellar Attached to the famous wine merchants .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adjustable shelving is still a very popular choice; timber and glass shelves are ideal for displaying ornaments.
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After lying deserted it became a timber factory for a while in the 1960s.
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Along the length of the railway line were timber yards, rope works, maltings and an iron foundry.
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But government departments have no method of discovering the origin of the timber and paper that they use.
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But it was no better outside: midges boiled in clouds out of the sodden peat around the saw-bed and the timber stacks.
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It provided grazing land, timber , fruits and fuel, while remaining an undamaged wildlife habitat.
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You can then treat the timber by spraying or brushing on two generous coats, working backwards towards the loft hatch.