Colliery

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colliery \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.
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     2. The coal trade. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colliery
       n : a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings
           and equipment connected with it [syn: {pit}]