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Webster 1913 Edition

Colliery

Col′lier-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Collieries
(#)
.
[Cf.
Coalery
,
Collier
.]
1.
The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.
2.
The coal trade.
[Obs.]
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Colliery

COLLIERY

,
Noun.
1.
The place where coal is dug.
2.
The coal trade.

Definition 2025

colliery

colliery

English

Daw Mill colliery in the United Kingdom.

Noun

colliery ‎(plural collieries)

  1. (Britain) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 91,
      From the hillock a score of red paths diverged as black ones do from a colliery, one of them leading to the homestead itself […]
  2. (US) A facility that supplies coal.

Translations

Etymology

From collier +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/

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