Associations to the word «Colliery»

Wiktionary

COLLIERY, noun. (British) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
COLLIERY, noun. (US) A facility that supplies coal.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley