colliery

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colliery

/ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/ UK
/ˈkɑ.ljə.ɹi/ Atlantic Canada, US
/ˈkɑ.ljɚ.i/ Atlantic Canada, US
/ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/ Canada
/ˈkɒl.jɚ.i/ Canada
/ˈkɔl.jə.ɹi/ Australia
[ˈkɔ̟l.jə.ɹi] New Zealand

Where it comes from

From collier + -y.

noun collieries

UK An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings. Sir Geoffrey, Clifford's father, was intensely ridiculous, chopping down his trees, and weeding men out of his colliery to shove them into the war [...] From the rather dismal rooms at Wragby she heard the rattle-rattle of the screens at the pit, the puff of the winding-engine, the clink-clink of sh
US A facility that supplies coal.

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noun underground coal mine

日本語	地下炭鉱 chika tankō
Français	houillère, charbonnage
Deutsch	Untertagekohlenbergwerk, Kohlenzeche
Italiano	miniera di carbone
Русский	у́гольная ша́хта úgolʹnaja šáxta

noun facility that supplies coal

日本語	地下炭鉱施設 chika tankō shisetsu

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"colliery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/colliery.

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@misc{colliery_2026,
  title = {colliery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colliery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}