Defenition of the word mine
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Defenition of the word mine
- An opening or excavation in the earth for extracting minerals.
(Source: MGH)
- An explosive device, concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near the device.
- To extract from the earth by excavation.
- a device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or kill personnel
- a excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
- get from the earth; of ores and metals
- explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
- excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"
- lay mines
- get from the earth by excavation
Synonyms for the word mine
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- abundance
- colliery
- dig for
- excavate
- excavation
- extract
- pit
- quarry
- source
- supply
- wealth
Similar words in the mine
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- mine
- minefield
- minefield's
- minefields
- miner
- miner's
- mineral
- mineral's
- mineralogist
- mineralogist's
- mineralogists
- mineralogy
- mineralogy's
- minerals
- miners
- minerva
- minerva's
- minestrone
- minestrone's
- minesweeper
- minesweeper's
- minesweepers
Meronymys for the word mine
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- adit
- colliery
- mineshaft
- pit
- shaft
Hyponyms for the word mine
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- booby trap
- coal mine
- coalpit
- copper mine
- countermine
- floating mine
- gold mine
- goldmine
- ground-emplaced mine
- land mine
- marine mine
- salt mine
- silver mine
- strip mine
- sulfur mine
- sulphur mine
- surface mine
- surface-mine
Hypernyms for the word mine
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- excavation
- exploit
- explosive device
- hole in the ground
- reenforce
- reinforce
- tap
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