Adjectives that collocate with INSTRUMENT (Sorted by collocation rank)
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Adjectives that collocate with INSTRUMENT (Sorted by alphabetical order)
acoustic (38), appropriate (40), astronomical (27), beautiful (23), blunt (27), brass (40), classical (47), cockpit (28), crude (17), chief (28), chosen (24), delicate (27), divine (15), drawing (20), effective (27), electric (36), electronic (45), fine (20), flexible (19), flight (42), flying (18), good (40), great (32), ideal (35), important (32), key (42), keyboard (38), main (53), major (38), mathematical (35), measuring (45), medical (51), mere (23), modern (33), musical (74), navigation (20), navigational (19), optical (45), orchestral (23), percussion (40), period (33), political (34), powerful (22), precision (26), prime (15), principal (38), reliable (5), research (49), scientific (75), sharp (38), small (29), solo (39), sophisticated (7), string (44), stringed (30), surgical (51), useful (19), valuable (8), wind (43), woodwind (50), writing (39),
Last edited April 17, 2012