colliery
An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildingsAn underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
» My great-grandfather began to work in a Welsh colliery when he was only twelve years old.
Mein Urgroßvater begann, in einem walisischen Kohlebergwerk zu arbeiten, als er gerade einmal zwölf Jahre alt war.
Значение
значений: 2(Британия)An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
Untertagekohlenbergwerk, Kohlenzeche
у́гольная ша́хтаúgolʹnaja šáxta
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
(США)A facility that supplies coal.
Примеры
предложений: 1My great-grandfather began to work in a Welsh colliery when he was only twelve years old.
deMein Urgroßvater begann, in einem walisischen Kohlebergwerk zu arbeiten, als er gerade einmal zwölf Jahre alt war.
Переводы
языков: 4По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From collier + -y.From collier + -y.
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Формы
мн. число: collieries| Ед. число | colliery |
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Синонимы
синонимов: 1- a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it:pit