copper mine
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈkɑːpər maɪn/
:
mina de cobre
- The South had copper mines in Cherokee, Fannin, Fulton, and Lumpkin counties in Georgia and elsewhere.
- largest copper mine
Examples
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I think he had a copper mine north of Vancouver.
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The capital of Orkhon aimag is Erdenet, which is home to the largest copper mine in the country.
Academic text (2006) -
Where your husband was working in a copper mine.
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Used to be the deepest copper mine in the world.
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Now I own the 3rd largest copper mine in Arizona.
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My father owned the 3rd largest copper mine in Arizona.
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There's a copper mine in Russia.
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The copper mines in Zambia had remained closed for more than a decade until the Chinese came to town.
Academic text (2010) -
The capital of Orkhon aimag is Erdenet, which is home to the largest copper mine in the country.
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Now I own the 3rd largest copper mine in Arizona.
Synonyms
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5.7
A hole in the ground where people dig for minerals like coal or gold
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a mine from which copper is extracted' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'copper' (the metal) with 'mine' (a place where ores are removed). This noun+noun compositional pattern is regular in English and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Copper mine is a plain name that shows its meaning: a mine where workers dig to find copper, the metal, in the ground. So it means 'a place where copper is taken from the ground'.