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Meaning of Colliery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi

Definitions

  1. An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
    British
  2. A facility that supplies coal.
    US

Equivalents

العربية منجم الفحم
Cymraeg glofa
Deutsch Bergwerk Kohlenzeche Untertagekohlenbergwerk
Ελληνικά ανθρακωρυχείο
Suomi hiilikaivos
Français charbonnage houillère
Gaeilge gualcha mianach guail
Gàidhlig mèinn-ghuail
Italiano miniera di carbone
日本語 地下炭鉱 地下炭鉱施設
Македонски јагленокоп
Nederlands kolenmijn
Русский у́гольная ша́хта
Svenska kolgruva

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Colliery Row Collies collieshangie colligability Colligan colligate

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