- colliery
- noun (plural -lieries) Date: 1635 a coal mine and its connected buildings
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colliery — col‧lie‧ry [ˈkɒljəri ǁ ˈkɑːl ] noun collieries PLURALFORM [countable] a coal mine and the buildings and equipment connected with it: • Strikes halted production at collieries throughout the country. * * * colliery UK US /ˈkɒljəri/ noun [C] UK… … Financial and business terms
Colliery — Col lier*y, n.; pl. {Collieries}. [Cf. {Coalery}, {Collier}.] 1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it. [1913 Webster] 2. The coal trade. [Obs.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
colliery — 1630s, coal mine, see COAL (Cf. coal) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
colliery — ► NOUN (pl. collieries) ▪ a coal mine … English terms dictionary
colliery — [käl′yərē] n. pl. collieries [ COLLIER + Y4] Chiefly Brit. a coal mine and its buildings, equipment, etc … English World dictionary
colliery — UK [ˈkɒljərɪ] / US [ˈkɑljərɪ] noun [countable] Word forms colliery : singular colliery plural collieries British a coal mine and the buildings around it … English dictionary
colliery — [[t]kɒ̱ljəri[/t]] collieries N COUNT A colliery is a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment which are connected with it. [BRIT] Syn: pit … English dictionary
colliery — /kol yeuh ree/, n., pl. collieries. a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment. [1625 35; COLLIER + Y3] * * * … Universalium
colliery — noun /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi,ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/ a) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings. b) A facility that supplies coal … Wiktionary
colliery — col|lie|ry [ˈkɔljəri US ˈka:l ] n plural collieries BrE a ↑coal mine and the buildings and machinery connected with it … Dictionary of contemporary English
