COLLIERY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Synonyms:

colliery; pit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("colliery" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Meronyms (parts of "colliery"):

coal mine; coalpit (a mine where coal is dug from the ground)

mine (excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted)