colliery
noun
a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment.
collieries
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pluralof colliery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But the collieries were privatised in 1921, and the new owners of the mines halved workers' wages - leaving many miners and their families dependent on soup kitchens.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The tips are a legacy of decades of coal mining in Wales, which at its peak in the early 20th Century saw 620 collieries operating.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
China approved the expansion of hundreds of collieries last year, involving an annual capacity increase of about 420 million tonnes.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2022
The epidemic even affected the mining industry, as “the collieries in Minersville and Schuylkill Valley were working shorthanded because of the number of sick men,” according to the newspaper.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2015
Several collieries failed; land and houses became cheap.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Richard Jefferies
