- slave
- nounADJECTIVE▪ escaped, fugitive, runaway▪ emancipated, freed▪ former▪
the son of former slaves
▪ domestic, personal▪ plantation▪ galley▪galley slaves at the oars of Mediterranean ships
▪ wage▪They work as wage slaves for 13 cents an hour.
▪ sex▪ virtual▪She was forced to work as a virtual slave for a rich family.
VERB + SLAVE▪ become▪ have, keep, own▪ export, import▪ buy, take sb as▪ sell (sb as)▪ use (sb as)▪ treat▪He treated the slaves like animals.
▪ emancipate, free, liberate▪landowners who freed their slaves voluntarily
SLAVE + NOUN▪ labour/labor▪Without slave labour/labor, the tobacco industry would have collapsed.
▪ labourer/laborer▪ master, owner, trader▪ market, trade, traffic▪the abolition of the slave trade
▪ ship▪ population▪ society▪studies comparing slave societies throughout history
▪ state▪Virginia was the largest slave state in the Union.
▪ plantation▪ rebellion, revolt, uprising▪ quarters▪the slave quarters at the rear of the house
▪ girl, woman▪ wages (figurative)▪I'll be working long hours for slave wages!
PREPOSITION▪ slave of▪a slave of habit
▪ slave to▪a slave to fashion
Collocations dictionary. 2013.