Colliery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

colliery
    n 1: a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the
         buildings and equipment connected with it [syn: {colliery},
         {pit}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Colliery \Col"lier*y\, n.; pl. {Collieries}. [Cf. {Coalery},
   {Collier}.]
   1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the
      buildings, etc., belonging to it.
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   2. The coal trade. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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