vein
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6.3
- noun
- /veɪn/
- Specialized
- Included in the company's claims are significant mining veins, which contain 600,000 tons of proven thorium oxide reserves.
- a rich vein
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Watch on YouTubeThey intuitively knew to look for gold and they would track the veins.
- They intuitively knew to look for gold and they would track the veins.
- There are these places where these these veins had been preserved at the point Earth was solidifying.
Examples
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The discovery in 1967 of the Orapa kimberlite, a deep diamond vein, by Lamont sparked a massive transformation of Botswanan life.
Academic text (2005) -
Would you have to know a lot about mining to discover a rich vein?
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With a vein of nickel in it.
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I think we tapped the vein, and it was rich.
Academic text (1996) -
It exposed a gold vein.
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Hey, look, Curt, there's a vein of it here in this rock.
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Now I go down, sink a shaft, and we're smack on top of the richest vein.
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My father narrowed one eye and stared at me like a prospector examining a vein in rock.
Fiction book (1993) -
Keep an eye out, and you'll see veins of anthracite layered in with the rock.
Blog text (29) -
The miners were excited when they found a rich vein of silver deep in the mountain.
Synonyms
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9.1
A rich vein of metal ore in the ground
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6.1
A thin layer of rock that contains metal or other valuable rock that people can mine
1
6.9
A very thin line in things such as leaves, rocks, or the body that holds another material
1
7.4
A long thin layer of mineral that fills a crack in rock and often has gold or other metals
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.6
A large tube in the neck that carries blood from the head to the heart
- Specialized
2
6.8
A long blood vessel near the skin of the leg that carries blood from the foot
- Specialized
1
4.7
A vein that carries blood away from the liver to the large vein leading to the heart
- Specialized
1
5.4
A blood vessel that carries blood from a kidney to the large vessel that returns blood to the heart
- Specialized
1
4.2
A large blood vessel in the thigh that carries blood back to the heart
- Specialized
1
4.3
A short blood vessel that carries blood from the stomach and intestines to the liver
- Specialized
1
5.4
A blood vessel that takes blood from the spleen to the large vessel leading to the liver
- Specialized
1
5.2
A large tube inside the neck that carries blood from the head to the heart
- Specialized
1
5.1
A large vein in the hip area that carries blood from the legs to the main vein in the belly
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1
9.0
A vein that carries blood from the intestines through the tissue that holds them to the portal vein
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1
6.5
A large blood vessel under the collarbone that carries blood toward the heart
- Specialized
1
5.6
A vein that carries blood with oxygen and food from the placenta to the unborn baby
- Specialized
1
6.7
A large vein behind the knee that carries blood from the lower leg to the thigh
- Specialized
1
6.7
A vein near the skin on the inner side of the arm that takes blood from the hand and forearm
- Specialized
1
5.7
A vein on each side of the uterus that carries blood to a larger vein in the pelvis
- Specialized
1
5.0
A vein in the upper arm that runs next to the brachial artery and carries blood toward the armpit
- Specialized
1
4.3
A large tube at the side of the neck that carries blood from the head to the chest
- Specialized
1
7.9
One of two large chest veins that carry blood from the head and arm to the heart
- Specialized
1
8.8
A vein that carries blood from the sternocleidomastoid neck muscle into the internal jugular vein
- Specialized
1
5.7
A very small blood vessel that carries blood from capillaries into larger vessels
- Specialized
1
4.6
A large vein near the surface of the upper arm that carries blood to the shoulder
- Specialized
1
9.0
A vein on the right chest that carries blood from the chest and belly to the vein above the heart
- Specialized
1
6.1
A thin layer of rock that contains metal or other valuable rock that people can mine
- Specialized
1
6.5
A vein in the middle of the brain that drains blood from deep parts
- Specialized
1
8.0
A blood vessel in the head that connects veins inside the skull to veins outside
- Specialized
1
7.1
A vein that carries blood away from the end of the intestine near the anus
- Specialized
1
8.2
A small blood vessel between the ribs that carries blood to the heart
- Specialized
1
8.4
A large neck vein where two veins join to carry blood to the heart
- Specialized
1
7.5
A large blood vessel in the brain that carries blood from deep parts to a channel called the straight sinus
- Specialized
1
6.1
A vein in the lower front of the belly that carries blood toward the groin
- Specialized
1
5.5
A vein inside the pelvis that joins the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein
- Specialized
1
7.0
A vein that carries blood away from the outer sex organs and the area between the legs
- Specialized
1
7.9
A small vein near the belly button that carries blood from the skin to the vein going to the liver
- Specialized
1
7.7
A small vein that carries blood from the lower belly into a large thigh vein
- Specialized
1
6.3
A vein that carries blood from the chest wall into larger veins or the heart
- Specialized
1
9.9
A vein along the side of the body that connects veins in the belly and the armpit
- Specialized
1
7.4
A long thin layer of mineral that fills a crack in rock and often has gold or other metals
- Specialized
1
6.3
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the neck and upper spine into a chest vein
- Specialized
A large vein on the inner side of the temporal lobe that drains blood into a larger brain vein
- Specialized
A small vein inside a vertebra that drains blood into the front part of the spinal vein network
- Specialized
A small blood vessel that carries blood from the lung tubes to a larger vein near the spine
- Specialized
A large early blood vessel in animal embryos that carries blood back to the heart
- Specialized
A small blood vessel at the center of a liver lobule that collects blood and sends it to larger veins
- Specialized
A vein that takes blood away from the back of the eye through the optic nerve
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Main vein that drains blood from the small gland above each kidney into nearby large veins
- Specialized
A curved blood vessel that runs beside an artery with the same name in a body part
- Specialized
A blood vessel in the eye that carries blood away from the choroid layer
- Specialized
A small blood vessel that carries blood from the large intestine to larger veins in the abdomen
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A vein that takes blood from the face and drains into a large vein in the neck
- Specialized
A large vein on each side of the lower body that joins to form the vein to the heart
- Specialized
A small vein that takes blood away from the clear thin layer over the white of the eye
- Specialized
A small vein in the chest that connects veins between the ribs to a vein near the armpit
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood from the gallbladder to a large vein in the liver
- Specialized
A vein deep in the side of the brain that drains blood toward the base of the brain
- Specialized
A blood vessel in the neck that drains blood from muscles near the spine
- Specialized
A vein in the temple area that carries blood away from nearby muscles
- Specialized
A vein in the spongy part of the skull that drains blood from the skull bones
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vein comes from the Latin vena meaning 'channel' or 'tube', and miners used that idea for a thin 'stripe' of metal running through rock. That's why a vein of gold is a long, narrow line of ore.