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You know what STRONG TEA is. The tea that is not strong is called LIGHT TEA in India, especially in Kerala. But they do not know that the word LIGHT does not collocate with TEA. You know that WEAK is the opposite of STRONG. The same WEAK actually collocates with TEA. Yes, you can say WEAK TEA, not LIGHT TEA.

From ordinary dictionaries you will not get information about collocations. To learn which word should be used with which word, you must depend on collocations dictionary. The best one of this genre is OXFORD COLLOCATIONS DICTIONARY.