All colliery synonyms

noun colliery

• shaft — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
• seam — the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
• pit — the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
• mine — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
• coalface — In a coal mine, the coalface is the part where the coal is being cut out of the rock.
• quarry — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
• coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal