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PRONUNCIATION OF COLLIERIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLLIERIES

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Collieries is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLLIERIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coal mining

The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and, since the 1880s, has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States, United Kingdom, and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery. In Australia, "colliery" generally refers to an underground coal mine. Coal mining has had many developments over the recent years, from the early days of men tunneling, digging and manually extracting the coal on carts to large open cut and long wall mines. Mining at this scale requires the use of draglines, trucks, conveyors, jacks and shearers.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLLIERIES

colliculi
colliculus
collide
collider
collie
collied
collier
colliery
collies
collieshangie
colligate
colligation
colligative
collimate
collimation
collimator
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collinear
collinearity
collinearly

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLLIERIES

A series
accessories
arteries
bakeries
batteries
breweries
cemeteries
deliveries
discoveries
fisheries
galleries
groceries
lotteries
mysteries
nurseries
queries
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Synonyms and antonyms of collieries in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «collieries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLLIERIES

Find out the translation of collieries to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of collieries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «collieries» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煤矿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

minas de carbón
570 millions of speakers

English

collieries
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोयला खदानों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مناجم الفحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

угольные шахты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

collieries
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

collieries
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

charbonnages
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Collieries
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

炭鉱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

collieries
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Collieries
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

collieries
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலக்கரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maden ocakları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

miniere di carbone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kopalnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вугільні шахти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανθρακωρυχεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steenkoolmyne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

collieries
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

collieries
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of collieries

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLIERIES»

The term «collieries» is normally little used and occupies the 121.982 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLIERIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «collieries» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «collieries» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about collieries

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLIERIES»

Discover the use of collieries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to collieries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Collieries: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations GratingAffectation lights a candle to our defects, and though it may gratify ourselves, it disgusts all others.ndash;Johann Kaspar LavaterGrating ndash; ContentWhy should you be content with so little?
‎2008
2
Collieries of Wales: Engineering and Architecture
This book seeks to portray in simple terms the technology used in relation to these structures and buildings; and also to place them in a historical context.
Stephen R. Hughes, 1994
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The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries
T. Campbell Futers. gross weight, yet the fact of having to move single tubs at " flats," and " landings," replacing when derailed, &c, on level roads, prevents the adoption of a very large tub. Professor Galloway, at Llanbradach, introduced coal  ...
T. Campbell Futers, 1910
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Collieries and Colliers: A Handbook of the Law and Leading ...
coals underground got in any of the adjoining collieries belonging to the lessees, from such colliery into the demised mine, and by such outstrokes and communications to convey underground the coals from such adjoining collieries into the ...
John Coke Fowler, 1872
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Coal Industry in West Bengal
Raniganj Coal Association Limited. 1873 5. Oriental Coal Company Limited. 1907 6. Gourangdi Collieries Limited. 1947 7. Dhemomain Collieries & Industries Limited. 1916 8. Mahabir Collieries Limited. 1944 9. Lodna Colliery (Co.) Limited.
Prabhas Kumar Chakrabarti, 1989
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Scottish Collieries: An Inventory of the Scottish Coal ...
This volume is an invaluable resource for our understanding of the Scottish coal industry in the second half of the 20th century.
Miles K. Oglethorpe, 2006
7
Strikes and Solidarity: Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966
This definitional practice had the consequence that some collieries customarily referred to as such were treated by the compilers of the List of Mines as only parts of collieries. Conversely, some collieries customarily referred to as single entities  ...
Roy Church, 2002
8
South Wales Collieries
This is part of a series on South Wales Collieries, which illustrates the area's industrial history during the past 200 years, in text and photographs, and gives a glimpse of both working and village life in the valleys.
David Owen, 2003
9
Collieries of North East Lancashire
Collieries of North East Lancashire is the story of those pits, of those who sunk and financed them, and of those who toiled, laboured, even perished, within their depths.
Jack Nadin, 2003
10
Democratic Miners: Work and Labor Relations in the ...
From forty-five anthracite collieries it compiled the net annual earnings of the ten miners at each mine who earned the most and the ten who earned the least of those who worked steadily throughout the year. As can be seen in table 1 .
Perry K. Blatz, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLIERIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term collieries is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rapid rise has youngster Kaiyne Woolery dreaming of the …
... of the show in the Whites' pre-season opener at Atherton Collieries on Saturday, and scored in a 3-1 win over Spennymoor on Monday night. «The Bolton News, Jul 15»
2
AFC Darwen handed home FA Cup tie as draw throws up East …
... League following relegation from the Evo-Stik League, begin their season at home to Bootle, with their next game just two days later at Atherton Collieries. «Lancashire Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
All star football match to raise money for three charitable causes
The match, to be held at Atherton Collieries on July 18, is in aid of Joining Jack charity, The Christie Proton Beam Therapy Appeal and Guys ... «Leigh Journal, Jul 15»
4
Zesco targets 300MW from Maamba
ZESCO Limited says it will be buying at least 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the Maamba Collieries-owned thermal power station upon ... «Zambia Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Northern League Guisborough to face Bolton Wanderers XI
Bolton's XI began pre-season on Saturday with a 1-1 draw at Atherton Collieries, and they have another game in the North-east on Wednesday ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
6
SCCL Conducts Job Awareness Programme
HYDERABAD: The awareness programme on employment opportunities organised by Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), across ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
7
Match Report: Atherton Collieries 1-1 Bolton Wanderers XI
The Baby Wanderers took on North West Counties Division 1 champions Atherton Collieries in what you could call a local-friendly-derby, the ... «Lion of Vienna Suite, Jul 15»
8
People in Waterloo mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of …
... and there was a large miner's row in the village, they provided much of the workforce to two local mines at Overtown and Bogside collieries, ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
9
Looking Back at ferry boats
... North Eastern Marine Engineering Works, Wallsend and Hebburn collieries, Palmer's Jarrow works, from which 17 died and 72 were injured, ... «News Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Question Time: Atherton Collieries
It's the first Question Time of the season, so in anticipation for Bolton Wanderers XI's friendly with Atherton Collieries tomorrow, at Alder House, ... «Lion of Vienna Suite, Jul 15»

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