About The Word Colliery
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Colliery
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What's The Definition Of Colliery?
[n] a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Synonyms | Synonyms for Colliery: pit Related Terms | Find terms related to Colliery: See Also | coal mine | coalpit | mine | work | workplace Colliery In Webster's Dictionary \Col"lier*y\, n.; 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.
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