How do you use Retting in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Retting meaning
- The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
- A place where flax is retted; a rettery.
Using Retting
- The main meaning on this page is: The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes. | A place where flax is retted; a rettery.
- In the example corpus, retting often appears in combinations such as: retting flax, for retting, stream retting.
Context around Retting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retting
- In this selection, "retting" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stream, pond, pool, flax and methods stand out and add context to how "retting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also chemical retting methods these and and stream retting were traditionally. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retting" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Retting flax Several methods are used for retting flax. (9 words)
This form of retting also produces quite an odor. (9 words)
The farmers turn over the straw during retting to evenly rett the stalks. (13 words)
This generally takes two or three weeks longer than pond retting, but the end product is less likely to be dirty, does not smell as bad, and because the water is cooler, is less likely to be over-retted. (39 words)
Dependent upon climatic conditions, characteristics of the sown flax and fields, the flax remains on the ground between two weeks and two months for retting. (25 words)
When the retting is complete, the bundles of flax feel soft and slimy, and quite a few fibers are standing out from the stalks. (24 words)
Example sentences (14)
Retting flax Several methods are used for retting flax.
Stream retting is similar to pool retting, but the flax is submerged in bundles in a stream or river.
Both pond and stream retting were traditionally used less because they pollute the waters used for the process.
Dependent upon climatic conditions, characteristics of the sown flax and fields, the flax remains on the ground between two weeks and two months for retting.
In field retting, the flax is laid out in a large field, and dew is allowed to collect on it.
Metal containers will not work, as an acid is produced when retting, and it would corrode the metal.
Natural retting methods take place in tanks and pools, or directly in the fields.
Retting can also be done in a plastic trash can or any type of water-tight container of wood, concrete, earthenware, or plastic.
Scum collects at the top, and an odor is given off the same as in pond retting.
The farmers turn over the straw during retting to evenly rett the stalks.
There are also chemical retting methods; these are faster, but are typically more harmful to the environment and to the fibers themselves.
This form of retting also produces quite an odor.
This generally takes two or three weeks longer than pond retting, but the end product is less likely to be dirty, does not smell as bad, and because the water is cooler, is less likely to be over-retted.
When the retting is complete, the bundles of flax feel soft and slimy, and quite a few fibers are standing out from the stalks.
Common combinations with retting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: