mine
178
5.7
- noun
- /maɪn/
:
mina
- Giuseppe Caruso, for example, worked in Noranda mines for six years before settling in Toronto.
- coal mine
- gold mine
- copper mine
And if working hard were enough, then the coal miners and the gravediggers and the gold miners, not the mine owners.
- And if working hard were enough, then the coal miners and the gravediggers and the gold miners, not the mine owners.
- They worked in the, in the mines in, in areas where in the most stressful conditions and, and, and breathing, God knows what, they they smoked.
- But the reality is Etsy, I think is a Canary in the coal mine.
- You, you knew about the, the Canary in the coal mine.
- I was one of his groom's been at his wedding, but so he was like the gold mine.
Examples
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By that time, the nearby mine of Cotia had attracted thousands of miners.
Academic text (1990) -
So we all end up working in the mines.
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A quick survey would have to be made of the available mine sites in the country.
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I think he had a copper mine north of Vancouver.
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Plus, the mines can be perilous.
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In some periods, these mines were among the world's largest producers of lead and silver.
Academic text (2012) -
No longer isolated at urban fringes, mines are increasingly located in rural areas.
Academic text (2008) -
The global distribution of mineral P reserves and mines is extremely uneven.
Academic text (2011) -
The company operates several gold mines in South America.
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The old silver mine has been closed for decades, but many still visit to explore its tunnels.
Synonyms
866
6.4
A part of a mine or quarry where people dig for minerals
230
3.6
A large hole in the ground used for mining
55
4.9
An open place in the ground where people remove stone
A place where people remove minerals from the ground now or in the past
A place where people dig to find old objects or valuable stones
An area where people dig for minerals or ancient objects
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.4
Something you say when you do not know the answer any more than the other person does
Compounds
- Specialized
2
6.0
An open area where workers remove earth and rock to get minerals near the surface
- Specialized
An enclosed platform that moves people and supplies up and down a mine shaft
- NSFW
A bomb hidden in the ground that explodes when stepped on or driven over
How Big
178
5.7
230
3.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mine for a place dug to get metals comes from old words for where people took ore and is the same idea behind mineral and miner, so a mine is simply where people dig out valuable materials from the earth.