colliery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a coal mine together with its surface buildings and equipment

   The colliery closed after its deepest seam became unsafe to work.

From collier + -y, denoting the place associated with a collier. Collier, now chiefly a coal miner or coal ship, was formed from coal + the occupational suffix -ier.

Topics

External links

• Google Images
• Cambridge Dictionary
• Wiktionary