mine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mīn
ipa: /maɪ̯n/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.ɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: mine Entrance to a gold mine in Victoria
form: mines
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).
Senses: examples: text: Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car
text: This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
text: He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
text: Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
glosses: An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
examples: text: She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.
text: To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information.
ref: 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418:
glosses: Any source of wealth or resources.
examples: text: The most famous mine of the American Civil War led to the Battle of the Crater.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
examples: text: Holonym: minefield
text: His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.
text: The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
text: Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].
ref: 1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
qualifier: pyrotechnics
glosses: A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
examples: text: A change to the blockchain method was contemplated to allow mines to hog less electric power.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
Derived terms: acoustic mine
antimine
anti-personnel mine
anti-tank mine
Bangalore mine
bounding mine
butterfly mine
coal mine
coalmine
countermine
drift mine
gold mine
goldmine
intermine
iron mine
ironmine
land mine
landmine
leaf miner
limpet mine
magnetic mine
megamine
mine car
minecar
minecart
mine cart
mine-clearing
Minecraft
minecraft
mine dial
minefield
mine flail
mineful
minehunter
minehunting
minelayer
minelaying
mineless
minelife
minelike
mine of information
mineowner
mine plow
miner
mineral
mine roller
mine run
mines and minerals
mine shaft
mineshaft
minesite
minestone
minesweeper
minesweeping
minework
mineworker
mineworking
Minol
miny
naval mine
open-pit mine
powder mine
premine
pre-mine
proximity mine
proxy mine
salt mine
salt the mine
sea mine
set mine
silver mine
strip-mine
strip mine
tin mine
urban mine