Collocations for "electric"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "electric" in context.
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electric
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- pay the electric bill
- [soaring, increasing] electric [bills]
- electric utilities
- electric (power) companies
- electric [generators, motors, cars]
- solar electric power
- plays the electric guitar
- an electric [violin, piano, instrument]
- electric [appliances, lights]
- an electric [shaver, kettle, heater]
- the car has electric [windows, locks]
- (drives) an electric car
- an electric [circuit, fuse]
- gave her an electric [shock, jolt]
- received electric shock [therapy, treatment]
- the electric [field, current]
- [alternating, direct] electric current
- an electric [spark, fire, explosion, burn]
- there is something electric between them
- the (national) electric grid
- the electric [force, field] (of)
- the [atmosphere, party, concert] was electric
- [his suit, her hair] was electric blue
- an electric blue [suit, dress]
- an electric blue color
'electric' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
appliance
- bass
- bicycle
- blender
- boiler
- chair
- churn
- cord
- death
- eel
- execute
- execution
- fence
- field
- fireplace
- firing
- flex
- furnace
- gas
- grid
- grill
- guitar
- hare
- heater
- heating
- introduce
- kettle
- keyboard
- motor
- outlet
- piano
- positive
- power
- razor
- relative
- screwdriver
- shock
- stove
- toothbrush
- torch
- whisk
- wire