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Collocations for square - verb

Square is used with these nouns as the object:
shoulder

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Collocations for square - noun

1. shape

ADJECTIVE

perfect
neat

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VERB + square

cut sth into, divide sth into
Cut the sandwiches into neat squares.

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PREPOSITION

square of
A square of light shone from the skylight.

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2. open space in a town, etc.

ADJECTIVE

central, main
public
city, town, village
market
crowds in the market square

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VERB + square

fill, throng (esp. BrE)
The crowd filled the square.

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PREPOSITION

in a/the square

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PHRASES

the centre/center of the square, the middle of the square, the side of the square
the east side of the square

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Collocations for square - adj.

VERBS

be, look

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ADVERB

very
The rooms are all very square.
absolutely, exactly, perfectly
not quite
The grid doesn't look quite square.
quite
nearly
roughly

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Square is used with these nouns:
base, box, bracket, chin, dance, dancing, end, face, grid, jaw, knot, meal, mile, pass, shape, shoulder, table, tower

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