colliery

WOTD - 18 June 2009    

English

Wikipedia

Daw Mill colliery in the United Kingdom.

Etymology

From collier +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/, SAMPA: /"kQl.j@(r\)i/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/, SAMPA: /kAl.j@`.I/

Noun

colliery (plural collieries)

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

Translations

underground coal mine

Armenian: քարածխահանք (hy) (k’araçxahank’) Bulgarian: каменовъглена мина (bg) Czech: uhelný (cs) důl (cs) m. Dutch: kolenmijn (nl) c. Finnish: hiilikaivos (fi) Italian: miniera di carbone (it) f.

Japanaese: 地下炭鉱 (ja) (chika-tankō) Macedonian: јагленокоп (mk) (jaglenokóp) m. Russian: угольная шахта (ru) (úgol'naja šáxta) f. Scottish Gaelic: mèinn-ghuail (gd) f. Serbian: рудник угља (sr) m. Swedish: kolgruva (sv) c.

facility that supplies coal

Japanaese: 地下炭鉱施設 (ja) (chika-tankō-shisetsu)