how to pronounce colliery

/ˈkɒl.i.ə.ɹi/

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colliery is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of colliery in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Whitfield colliery for the ambition that …”

meanings of colliery

noun:

An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
A facility that supplies coal.

colliery frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word colliery occurs in english on average 4.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.