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f mine ( also fig)* * *miniera s.f.1 mine; pit: miniera di carbone, coalmine (o coal-pit o colliery); miniera di rame, copper mine; miniera d'oro, goldmine; (fig.) money-spinner; scoprire una miniera d'oro, to discover a goldmine; miniera a cielo aperto, (open) pit; miniera in sotterraneo, underground mine; sfruttare una miniera, to work a mine; scendere in miniera, to go down the pit; lavorare in miniera, to work in the mines // pozzo di miniera, mine shaft2 (fig.) mine: una miniera d'informazioni, a mine of information; un attore che è una miniera di barzellette, an actor who has an endless supply of jokes.* * *[mi'njɛra]sostantivo femminile1) (giacimento) mine, pitlavorare in miniera — to work in o down the mines, to work at the pit
2) fig. (fonte) mineuna miniera di informazioni — a mine o treasure house of information
•miniera di carbone — coalmine, coal pit, colliery
miniera d'oro — gold mine (anche fig.)
* * *miniera/mi'njεra/sostantivo f.miniera di carbone coalmine, coal pit, colliery; miniera a cielo aperto opencast mine; miniera d'oro gold mine (anche fig.). -
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"coal;Kohle;carvão"* * *m coal* * *carbone s.m.1 coal: deposito di carbone, coal storage; secchio del carbone, coalscuttle; un pezzo di carbone, a (lump of) coal; carbone fossile, fossil coal; giacimento di carbone, coalfield; miniera di carbone, coalmine (o colliery); combustione del carbone, coal burning // nero come il carbone, coal-black (o as black as coal)// carbone animale, animal charcoal; carbone di legna, charcoal; carbone d'ossa, bone charcoal // carbone bianco, white coal // carta carbone, carbon paper2 ( malattia delle piante) black, smut.* * *[kar'bone]sostantivo maschile coal••nero come il carbone — as black as coal o soot
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(gen) coal mine, (impresa) colliery Brit, coalmine
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colliery — col‧lie‧ry [ˈkɒljəri ǁ ˈkɑːl ] noun collieries PLURALFORM [countable] a coal mine and the buildings and equipment connected with it: • Strikes halted production at collieries throughout the country. * * * colliery UK US /ˈkɒljəri/ noun [C] UK… … Financial and business terms
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. [1913 Webster] 2. The coal trade. [Obs.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
colliery — 1630s, coal mine, see COAL (Cf. coal) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
colliery — ► NOUN (pl. collieries) ▪ a coal mine … English terms dictionary
colliery — [käl′yərē] n. pl. collieries [ COLLIER + Y4] Chiefly Brit. a coal mine and its buildings, equipment, etc … English World dictionary
colliery — UK [ˈkɒljərɪ] / US [ˈkɑljərɪ] noun [countable] Word forms colliery : singular colliery plural collieries British a coal mine and the buildings around it … English dictionary
colliery — [[t]kɒ̱ljəri[/t]] collieries N COUNT A colliery is a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment which are connected with it. [BRIT] Syn: pit … English dictionary
colliery — noun (plural lieries) Date: 1635 a coal mine and its connected buildings … New Collegiate Dictionary
colliery — /kol yeuh ree/, n., pl. collieries. a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment. [1625 35; COLLIER + Y3] * * * … Universalium
colliery — noun /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi,ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/ a) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings. b) A facility that supplies coal … Wiktionary
colliery — col|lie|ry [ˈkɔljəri US ˈka:l ] n plural collieries BrE a ↑coal mine and the buildings and machinery connected with it … Dictionary of contemporary English
