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Collocations for twin - noun

ADJECTIVE

identical, monozygotic (technical)
dizygotic (technical), fraternal, non-identical
conjoined, Siamese
long-lost
His long-lost twin was searching for him.
older, younger
I was the older twin.
female, male
evil
the plot device of giving a character an evil twin

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… OF TWINS

pair, set
a pair of identical twins

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VERB + twin

be carrying, be pregnant with, expect
give birth to, have
My sister had twins.
He had a twin (= a twin brother or sister).
raise
adult twins who were raised apart
separate
The twins were separated at birth.
an operation to separate conjoined twins

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twin + NOUN

boys, girls
She had twin girls.
daughters, sons
brother, sister

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Collocations for twin - adj.

Twin is used with these nouns:
bed, bedroom, brother, city, daughter, engine, goal, sister, spectre, town, track

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