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Collocations for mine - noun

1. for coal, etc.

ADJECTIVE

coal, copper, diamond, salt, tin, etc.
deep, drift, opencast (BrE), open-pit (AmE), strip (AmE), underground
abandoned, disused

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VERB + mine

operate, run, work

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mine + VERB

produce sth
At its peak, the mine produced 5 000 tons of coal a day.

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mine + NOUN

shaft (usually mineshaft), workings
flooded mine workings
owner

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PREPOSITION

at a/the mine, down a/the mine (BrE), in a/the mine
At 14, he went down the mines.
poor working conditions in the mines

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2. explosive device

ADJECTIVE

anti-personnel, anti-tank, land, limpet (esp. BrE)

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VERB + mine

bury, lay, plant
Soldiers laid anti-personnel mines in the fields.
detect, locate
clear, dispose of, remove
The troops are slowly clearing the mines.
detonate, hit, set off, strike

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mine + VERB

blow up, explode, go off

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Collocations for mine - verb

Mine is used with these nouns as the object:
coal, copper, gold, ore, seam, silver, stone, uranium, vein

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