coal burners

collocation in English

meaningsofcoalandburner

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coal
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəʊl/us
/koʊl/
a hard, black substance that is dug from the earth in pieces, and can be burned to produce heat or power, or a single piece ...
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burner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.nər/us
/ˈbɝː.nɚ/
the part of a cooker, light, etc. that produces flame ...
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(Definition ofcoalandburnerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As a result, there are now no coal burners left in the fleet and only a few oil burners outside the distant water fleet.
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That is the explanation of their return from oil last year to the coal burners of the present programme.
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The fact remains that the coal burners have not been going out fast enough.
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The new diesels are, of course, more efficient than the old coal burners and, size for size, bring in more fish.
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It would take years to switch from oil burners back to coal burners.
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In both cases we are continuing our policy of reducing the rate of subsidy, but only substantially for the coal burners.
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In the meantime, however, it is important that we should keep the old coal burners operating to ensure our supply of fish.
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In many cases they are over 50 years old and are uneconomic, being coal burners.
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That has nothing to do with coal burners.
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The coal burners made losses while the oil burners made profits.
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