Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with stretch in American Collocation
stretch
noun
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/stretʃ/
of a particular size
endless
large
long
narrow
short
small
vast
wide
three-mile, half-mile etc
This is one of the world’s finest and longest stretches of sand.
Vast stretches of forest have already been felled.
The villa backs onto a two-mile stretch of sandy beach.
beautiful
beautiful
magnificent
picturesque
scenic
spectacular
unspoilt
The Costa Smeralda is one of the most beautiful stretches of the Sardinian coastline.
with a particular feature
barren
coastal
gentle
navigable
open
sandy
straight
tidal
uphill
The speed limit is too low on open stretches of road where there is good visibility.
beach
canal
coast
coastline
highway
moorland
motorway
river
road
sand
water
waterway
Just outside Kuantan is Teluk Cempedak, a fabulous stretch of beach near the Karyaneka Handicraft Centre.