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[ kol-yuh-ree ] / ˈkɒl yə ri /
noun, plural col·lier·ies.a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment. Origin of collieryFirst recorded in 1625–35; collier + -y3 Words nearby collierycollide, collider, colliding-beam machine, collie, collier, colliery, collieshangie, colligate, colligative, collimate, collimation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for collieryBenxihu, 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 A live frog is reported to have been found in a coal seam at a Monmouthshire colliery. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920|Various He was secretary to the Miners Union for his colliery, and had heard a good deal of silly wrangling that left him nettled. Aaron's Rod|D. H. Lawrence
The scene at Harwich was like that which follows a colliery explosion. America's War for Humanity|Thomas Herbert Russell Had they succeeded the colliery would have been closed, and all hands thrown out of work for an indefinite length of time. Derrick Sterling|Kirk Monroe Whoever was taken on in this colliery should pass an examination and work one year on trial.
British Dictionary definitions for colliery
noun plural -lieriesmainly British a coal mine Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |