colliery

[ kol-yuh-ree ]

/ ˈkɒl yə ri /

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noun, plural col·lier·ies.

a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment.

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Origin of colliery

First recorded in 1625–35; collier + -y³

Words nearby colliery

collide, collider, colliding-beam machine, collie, collier, colliery, collieshangie, colligate, colligative, collimate, collimation

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How to use colliery in a sentence

Benxihu, China (1942) To date, the Benxihu (Honkeiko) colliery was the site of the most lethal mining accidents on record.
Turkey's Tragedy and History's Worst Mining Accidents|Emily Shire|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After four days of rescue efforts, mine officials decided to seal off the colliery and end the search for lives and bodies.
Turkey's Tragedy and History's Worst Mining Accidents|Emily Shire|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Watt's first pumping engine was started at Bloomfield Colliery, March 8, 1776.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
My father has put the colliery into a company, and he has a large part of the management on his shoulders.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh

Will this farce never have an end until the escaped gas blows up the colliery, and makes of it and of us a new Pompeii?
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai
To-morrow we can open both entrances to the colliery, and after the air-pumps have been settled the work can be resumed.
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai
In the company's colliery there was certainly more freedom, the rules being less strict.
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai

British Dictionary definitions for colliery

colliery

/ (ˈkɒljərɪ) /

noun plural -lieries

mainly British a coal mine

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