From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcollierycol‧lie‧ry /ˈkɒljəri $ ˈkɑːl-/ noun (plural collieries) [countable] British English TITPGa coal mine and the buildings around it
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colliery• Her home overlooks the pithead and the haunting winding gear of a colliery where an explosion once killed over thirty miners.• We have also lost jobs in the cement industry and there are question marks over the Point of Ayr colliery.• A young lodge leader in Barnsley took a party of us down his colliery.• I worked in the coal mines for three years to obtain my colliery manager's certificate.• The two-year subsidy is intended to stave off colliery closures until after the general election.• Further investment is needed at the colliery, which reopened last year when 160 miners invested £10,000 each to form the consortium.• This is another area which is changing out of all recognition since closure of the colliery and removal of sidings etc.From Longman Business Dictionarycollierycol‧lie‧ry /ˈkɒljəriˈkɑːl-/ noun (plural collieries) [countable] British English a coal mine and the buildings and equipment connected with itStrikes halted production at collieries throughout the country. 