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colliery

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A facility that supplies coal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workplace, work

History

Etymology

From collier + -y.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քարածխահանք (kʻaracxahankʻ) — underground coal mine
  • Bulgarian: каменовъглена мина (kamenovǎglena mina) — underground coal mine
  • Czech: uhelný důl — underground coal mine
  • Dutch: kolenmijn — underground coal mine
  • Finnish: hiilikaivos — underground coal mine
  • French: houillère — underground coal mine
  • French: charbonnage — underground coal mine
  • Galician: mina de carbón — underground coal mine
  • German: Untertagekohlenbergwerk — underground coal mine
  • German: Kohlenzeche — underground coal mine
  • Hungarian: szénbánya — underground coal mine
  • Irish: gualcha — underground coal mine
  • Irish: mianach guail — underground coal mine
  • Italian: miniera di carbone — underground coal mine
  • Japanese: 地下炭鉱 (chika tankō) — underground coal mine
  • Macedonian: јагленоко́п (jaglenokóp) — underground coal mine
  • Russian: у́гольная ша́хта (úgolʹnaja šáxta) — underground coal mine
  • Scottish Gaelic: mèinn-ghuail — underground coal mine
  • Serbo-Croatian: ру̑днӣк угља — underground coal mine
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȗdnīk uglja — underground coal mine
  • Swedish: kolgruva — underground coal mine
  • Welsh: glofa — underground coal mine
  • Japanese: 地下炭鉱施設 (chika tankō shisetsu) — facility that supplies coal
Real reading context

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