colliery

UK /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/ US /ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/

noun 2

Definitions

noun

An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.

From the hillock a score of red paths diverged as black ones do from a colliery, one of them leading to the homestead itself […]

A facility that supplies coal.

PREP.

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noun — a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings

From the hillock a score of red paths diverged as black ones do from a colliery, one of them leading to the homestead itself […]

Wiktionary

My great-grandfather began to work in a Welsh colliery when he was only twelve years old.

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