colliery

CEFRB2

/ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A coal mine and the buildings around it.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A facility that supplies coal.

Examples

  • The miners returned to the colliery early in the morning.

  • The town relied on the local colliery.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.

More examples

In context

  • The old colliery was abandoned.

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

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The old blank employed hundreds of miners before it closed.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From collier + -y.