Usually means: Coal mining site or facility.
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  3. colliery: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Colliery, colliery: Wordnik
  7. colliery: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. colliery: Wiktionary
  9. colliery: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. colliery: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. Colliery, colliery: Dictionary.com
  13. Colliery: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Colliery: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. colliery: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  17. Colliery: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. colliery: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. colliery: FreeDictionary.org
  20. colliery: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  22. colliery: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  2. COLLIERY: Mining Terms used in mid 1800's

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Definitions from Wiktionary (colliery)

▸ noun:  (British) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
▸ noun:  (US) A facility that supplies coal.

Similar:
pit, coal hole, coalhole, coalyard, brow, room, coalshed, coalbin, coalhouse, coaling plant, more...

Opposite:
mine, quarry, pit, excavation, shaft

Phrases:
Blackhall Colliery, Clipstone Colliery, Kellingley Colliery, Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground, Senghenydd colliery disaster, more...

Adjectives:
new, large, same, old, particular, small, local, own, nearby, single, neighbouring

Colors:
    black,     gray,     charcoal,     coal,     soot, more...

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Similar:
pit, coal hole, coalhole, coalyard, brow, room, coalshed, coalbin, coalhouse, coaling plant, more...

Opposite:
mine, quarry, pit, excavation, shaft

Phrases:
Blackhall Colliery, Clipstone Colliery, Kellingley Colliery, Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground, Senghenydd colliery disaster, Benxihu Colliery, Easington Colliery, Cymmer Colliery explosion, Tower Colliery, more...

Adjectives:
new, large, same, old, particular, small, local, own, nearby, single, neighbouring

Colors:
    black,     gray,     charcoal,     coal,     soot, more...



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