gold mine
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3.3
- noun
- /ɡoʊld maɪn/
:
mina de oro
- Many tourists visit the famous gold mine to learn about the history of gold mining.
- South African gold mine
And today I own gold mines, silver mines.
- And today I own gold mines, silver mines.
- That was a gold mine somewhere in, in South Africa.
- So you cannot nationalise the gold mines as many of the ANC people have wanted to do.
- My friend Lord Miles runs a gold mine in Afghanistan.
Examples
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After years of exploration, they finally discovered a new gold mine in the mountains.
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Just wanted to see what a gold mine looked like.
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"Somebody found a gold mine here," my father said.
Fiction book (2002) -
If you buy a gold mine, you own it.
Blog text (15) -
My friend Lord Miles runs a gold mine in Afghanistan.
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Last job: Chief engineer in a South African gold mine.
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Mr. William Hammer here has discovered a gold mine.
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If you visit a Nevada gold mine, you will see billboards and signs everywhere with safety messages.
Blog text (10) -
The Trixie gold mine is the richest gold mine in the history of America.
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La Cienega is Mexico's richest gold mine.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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3.4
A place where people dig to get gold from the ground
How Productive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'a source of a large amount of something valuable' is directly derivable from combining 'gold' (something valuable) with 'mine' (a place where material is extracted), i.e. a place that produces valuables. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common metaphorical composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Gold mine means a place where people dig in the ground to find gold, and miners work there to bring out the valuable metal from the earth.