Usage examples of "en bois" in French with translation to English

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Les jouets sont tous en bois. All of the toys are wooden.
J'ai une table en bois. I have a wooden table.
Combien coûte la chaise en bois ? How much does the wooden chair cost?
Ceci est un peigne en bois. This is a wooden comb.
J'ai un peigne en bois. I have a wooden comb.
Les édifices en bois prennent facilement feu. Wooden buildings catch fire easily.
L'hermite vivait dans une cabane en bois. The hermit lived in a wooden hut.
Le jardin était entouré par une barrière en bois. The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.
C'est le plus ancien bâtiment en bois qui existe. It is the oldest wooden building in existence.
L'art de faire de tels bols en bois a disparu. The art of making wooden bowls like these has died out.
Il accrocha une vieille rame en bois à son mur en guise de décoration. He hung an old, wooden oar on his wall as a decoration.
J'ai un gratte-dos en bois dont l'extrémité est en forme de main. I have a wooden back-scratcher whose tip is carved in the shape of a hand.
Les cuillères en bois commencent à moisir si elles sont laissées dans l'évier trop longtemps. Wooden spoons start to mildew if they're left in the sink too long.
Les incendies sont moins effrayants aujourd'hui qu'ils ne l'étaient autrefois, parce que de plus en plus de maisons sont construites en béton et les maisons en béton ne brûlent pas aussi facilement que les maisons en bois. Fires are less frightening today than they once were, because more and more houses are built of concrete, and concrete houses do not burn as easily as the old wooden ones.
Ma maison est en bois. My house is built of wood.
Cette table est en bois. This table is made out of wood.
Le bureau est en bois. The desk is made of wood.
La boîte est en bois. The box is made of wood.
Cette chaise est en bois. This chair is made of wood.
Ce jouet est fait en bois. That toy is made of wood.
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