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mine
  1. An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
  2. (figuratively) Any source of wealth or resources.
  3. (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
  4. (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
  5. (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
  6. (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
  7. (computing) A machine used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Miners, including those working to pump water out of the mine, were placed in hazardous conditions deep in the mine with no communication.”
      “History is a veritable mine of life experiences, and the youth of today studies history so that they may profit by the experiences of those who have gone before them.”
      “I must warn you that you are about to step onto a mine that has been specifically laid in your path towards success.”
miner
  1. A person who works in a mine.
  2. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
  3. Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
  4. Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
  5. (computing) Software that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The miner descended deep into the earth, equipped with a helmet and a pickaxe.”
      “The former miner was a very knowledgeable man who loved to read and could discuss any topic.”
      “They help to repel leaf miner moths and some gardeners even find them effective against grasshoppers.”
mining
  1. The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
  2. (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
  3. (military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
  4. (computing) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof-of-work
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Coal mining has historically been a key industry in Cape Breton, and with the government pullout miners will be left with few alternatives for work.”
minesweeper
  1. A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines).
  2. (computing) A logic-based computer game in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The convoy was protected by three destroyers, a minesweeper, two corvettes and a trawler as it left Scotland.”
      “The wreck in question was discovered by a Navy minesweeper in 1995 and identified as the AHS following local advice.”
      “A Royal Navy frigate or minesweeper could be on station as well with twenty-four hours' notification.”
mineful
  1. An amount sufficient to fill a mine.
  2. (figuratively) A large amount, particularly of something obtained through mining.
  3. Examples:
    1. “I had taken all this with a mineful of salt and had not been calling Violet more often.”
      “Next came a glittering cloud, all wisps and sparkles, which eventually revealed itself to be Miss Daisy Athensasy in a swansdown-trimmed gown and a mineful of diamonds.”
mineworking
  1. (uncountable) Working in a mine; mining.
  2. (countable) A facility where mining takes place.
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minehunter
  1. A naval vessel that actively detects and destroys individual mines.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Royal Navy minehunter HMS Berkeley saved two men from drowning when their fishing boat began to sink in waters off Torbay.”
      “Sandown-class minehunter HMS Pembroke is due to return to Portsmouth today after a deployment to the Mediterranean on NATO duty.”
      “Hunt-class minehunter HMS Dulverton has arrived back at Clyde Naval Base in Faslane after a 16-week docking period in Rosyth in September.”
minecart
  1. A wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The miners loaded the ore into the minecart and sent it down the tracks for transportation.”
mineshaft
  1. A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A retired mining engineer was shocked to discover an old mineshaft had opened up in a field where he walks every day.”
      “She was thrown down a mineshaft, and as she lay broken at the bottom a live grenade was tossed down on her.”
      “Skippy was just explaining to the park ranger the whereabouts of the lost boy in the mineshaft, when we heard the blast.”
minability
  1. Potential or suitability for mining.
minehunting
  1. The process of seeking out mines in order to destroy them.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The Landsort is permanently equipped for both minehunting and minesweeping.”
      “Training opportunities are also grasped, from the routine business of minehunting to casualty-handling, salvage and firefighting.”
      “The Osprey class ships are the world's largest glass-reinforced plastic ships and are the first US Navy ships designed solely for minehunting.”
minesweeping
  1. (nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
  2. Examples:
    1. “At the cessation of hostilities the corvette was based at Hong Kong for minesweeping and patrol duties.”
      “The Landsort is permanently equipped for both minehunting and minesweeping.”
      “The ship structure is able to meet all minewarfare roles, including surveillance, minelaying, minehunting and minesweeping.”
minework
  1. The work carried out in a mine.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The minework in that coal mine is dangerous and physically demanding.”
minelayer
  1. A ship capable of laying mines.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A minelayer and ex-battleship were sunk and three destroyers were wrecked in dry-dock.”
      “In completely blacked-out underwater conditions, two divers conducted a tactile search to locate a sunken Iraqi minelayer with her deadly load.”
      “In the first attack, they were able to destroy a Rage minelayer, the four defense satellites, and an orbital shipyard.”
mine
  1. Alternative form of mien
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Miners, including those working to pump water out of the mine, were placed in hazardous conditions deep in the mine with no communication.”
      “History is a veritable mine of life experiences, and the youth of today studies history so that they may profit by the experiences of those who have gone before them.”
      “I must warn you that you are about to step onto a mine that has been specifically laid in your path towards success.”
mineworker
  1. One who works in a mine.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The mineworker descended deep underground, equipped with a helmet and tools, ready to extract valuable resources from the earth.”
minecraft
  1. A warship which lays naval mines; (collectively) ships which deal with naval mines.
minesweepings
  1. plural of minesweeping
minesweepers
  1. plural of minesweeper
  2. Examples:
    1. “He joined the Royal Navy when he left school, and during the second world war he served on minesweepers.”
      “More than 6,000 ships, warships, merchantmen, landing craft and barges, sailed across the channel in marked lanes cleared by minesweepers.”
      “The plane, discovered off the west coast near Oban by Royal Navy minesweepers, is a world war two Catalina.”
mineworkings
  1. plural of mineworking
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When the company built a seawall in 1905 to protect its mineworkings, it established a new lighthouse on the wall and abandoned the old one.”
mineworkers
  1. plural of mineworker
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The last serious strike by mineworkers was at the former Tsumeb Copper Limited mine in 1997, just before it was liquidated.”
      “The government tried to get the mine owners and mineworkers to hold a conference, but no agreement could be reached.”
      “There are mineworkers hoping to become nurses, police officers, prison officers, driving instructors and yacht skippers.”
minehunters
  1. plural of minehunter
minelayers
  1. plural of minelayer
  2. Examples:
    1. “Using two barges, The Wimbrown VII and the Hercules as their operating Bases, SEALs patrolled the sea searching for minelayers thought to be illegally mining the local waters.”
      “The ability of submarines to approach enemy harbours covertly led to their use as minelayers.”
      “The minelayers were preceded by Royal Navy destroyers sweeping for enemy mines and submarines.”
mineshafts
  1. plural of mineshaft
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In yesterday's note, I forgot to mention that we also explored some abandoned mineshafts and prisons.”
      “We played at the tops of mineshafts in West Virginia and at union meetings in New York.”
      “When my father would come home from a long day in the mineshafts, he was always drenched from head to toe in that foul paste.”
minecarts
minefuls
  1. plural of mineful
minings
miners
  1. plural of miner
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Flinders Ranges provide a home to Aborigines, farmers, miners and pastoralists.”
      “And it is not just the miners that use their banners as reminders of their heroic past.”
      “Farmers and miners are protesting that wads of money are being spent on technology when all they really want is some decent irrigation.”
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