Body Parts – Collocation

 

Body Part

Word Type

Collocation

cheek(s)

noun

(adj.) flushed, hot | cool | smooth, soft | ashen, pale, pallid, pasty | blushing, pink, rosy, scarlet | sunken …
chin

noun

(adj.) square | pointed/pointy | firm, jutting | non-existent, receding, weak | dimpled | determined, resolute | smooth | stubbled/stubbly, unshaven |…
eye(s)

noun

(adj.) left, right | amber, blue, brown, dark, golden, green, grey, hazel | big, huge, large, enormous, wide…
eyebrow(s)

noun

(adj.) heavy, thick | thin | bushy, shaggy, unkempt | plucked, shaped | winged | dark, jet-black | lifted, raised | surprised | amused | derisive…
forehead

noun

(adj.) broad, high, wide | domed | sloping | bald | furrowed, wrinkled | smooth…

(verb + forehead) wrinkle | mop, wipe | hit, rub, slap, smack, tap…

hair

noun

(adj.) auburn, black, blond, brown, chestnut, dark, fair, ginger, golden, grey, grizzled, jet-black, red, sandy, white, yellow | bushy, coarse, crinkly, curly
mouth

noun

(adj.) big, cavernous, enormous, generous, huge, large, wide | small | beautiful, chiselled, handsome, lovely, pretty, sensual, sensuous…
neck

noun

(adj.) stiff

(verb + neck) stretch/ strain/ twisted

nose

noun

(adj.) big, bulbous, enormous, huge, large, long, prominent, strong | little, small, stubby, tiny | straight | aquiline

(verb + nose) runny

nostril

noun

(verb + nostril) clog, fill e.g. the stench of the cellar filled my nostrils…

(nostril + verb) dilate, flare…

(nostril + noun) hair

tooth/ teeth

noun

(adj.) big, enormous, huge | gap. | prominent, sticking-out
throat

noun

(verb + throat) cut, slash, slit/ tingle/ tickle

(prep.) by the ~ She seized her attacker by the throat

(adj.) dry, sore

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