stannary

C2 Topic:Energy & Industry

US /ˈstænəri/ UK /ˈstænəri/ See IPA manual

Freq #418274

Meanings

1

noun
historical, usually plural: one of the tin-mining districts of Cornwall and Devon, together with its mines, works, and special legal institutions

The vice-warden administered disputes arising within the stannary.
2

noun
a tin mine or tinworks

The old stannary processed ore from several nearby workings.
3

adj
relating to tin mining, tin miners, or the laws and courts governing them

The archive preserves judgments issued by the stannary court.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · historical, usually plural:... tin-mining districtmining district

2 noun · a tin mine or tinworks tin minetinworks

3 adj · relating to tin mining, tin... tin-mining

Word family

Forms stannaries

Related forms tinstannary courttinnermining

Etymology

From Middle English stannarie and Medieval Latin stannaria, 'tin mine,' from Late Latin stannum, 'tin.' The word broadened from an individual mine or works to the tin-mining districts of Cornwall and Devon and their distinctive courts and administration.

Topics

Energy & Industry

External links

# stannary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈstænəri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstænəri/
**Frequency rank:** 418274

## Meanings
1. historical, usually plural: one of the tin-mining districts of Cornwall and Devon, together with its mines, works, and special legal institutions
2. a tin mine or tinworks
3. relating to tin mining, tin miners, or the laws and courts governing them

## Examples
- The vice-warden administered disputes arising within the stannary.
- The old stannary processed ore from several nearby workings.
- The archive preserves judgments issued by the stannary court.

## Synonyms
- tin-mining district
- mining district
- tin mine
- tinworks

## Related Forms
- tin
- stannary court
- tinner
- mining

## Etymology
From Middle English stannarie and Medieval Latin stannaria, 'tin mine,' from Late Latin stannum, 'tin.' The word broadened from an individual mine or works to the tin-mining districts of Cornwall and Devon and their distinctive courts and administration.

## Topics
- Energy & Industry

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