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Collocations for craft - noun

1. activity needing skill with your hands

ADJECTIVE

skilled
Sheep shearing is a highly skilled craft.
ancient, traditional
country, local, rural

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VERB + craft

practise/practice
The men practised various traditional crafts.

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craft + NOUN

activity, project, work
industry
worker
centre/center, exhibition, fair, show, workshop
shop (esp. BrE), store (esp. AmE)
skill
tradition
guild, union
foam, glue (AmE), knife

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PHRASES

art and craft
Subjects taught include art and craft, drama, and languages.
arts and crafts
The gallery has major exhibitions of arts and crafts.

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2. all the skills needed for an activity

VERB + craft

hone, learn, master, perfect, study
It took her years to perfect her craft.
ply (esp. AmE)
comedians plying their craft for an agency

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PHRASES

a master of your craft
a carpenter who is a real master of his craft

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3. boat

ADJECTIVE

small
assault, fishing, landing, patrol, pleasure, river, sailing

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Collocations for craft - verb

Craft is used with these nouns as the object:
movie, prose, thriller

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