Collocations for coal - noun
1. black mineral
ADJ.
hard | soft | brown | bituminous, coking | opencast
opencast coal mining
opencast coal mining
QUANT.
lump, piece
VERB + COAL
mine, produce | burn, use | shovel
COAL + VERB
burn
COAL + NOUN
fire | mine, pit | mining, production | merchant, miner | company | industry | field, seam | bucket, bunker, cellar, scuttle | dust, gas
2. (usually ‘coals’) burning pieces of coal
ADJ.
burning, glowing, hot, live, red-hot
VERB + COAL
glow
Red-hot coals glowed in the fireplace.
Red-hot coals glowed in the fireplace.