colliery

American  

[kol-yuh-ree] / ˈkɒl yə ri /

noun

plural

collieries

1. a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment.

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colliery British  

/ ˈkɒljərɪ /

noun

1. a coal mine

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Etymology

Origin of colliery

First recorded in 1625–35; collier + -y ³

Example Sentences

Generally colliery tips were located on steep hillsides, whereas Ffos-y-Fran's overburden mounds sit "on ground with gentle gradients", with differences too in terms of how they were constructed and their drainage systems, they said.

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When the shipyards, steel mills and collieries fell silent, they left a generation of men, whose pride and identity had been bound up with the things they made, struggling to adapt.

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An open-air museum in County Durham that features faithful recreations of old homes, shops, farms and a colliery has won the annual award for the UK's museum of the year.

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The 1910 tourist died of complications after he threw himself into the path of a runaway coal wagon at a South Wales colliery as it rattled towards some children playing in its path.

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A colliery spoil tip collapsed, catastrophically engulfing a primary school and surrounding houses on 21 October 1966.

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