Word: collieries
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
lli
eries
Definition: Plural of colliery; a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Morphemes:
Affix: collier
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce.
Affix: -y
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ia
Language: la
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.
Affix: -ies
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural forms of nouns endings in consonant-y.