mining
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1. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | production, |
| definition | : | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | placer mining, |
| definition | : | mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | bore, bore-hole, drill hole, |
| definition | : | a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | drift, gallery, heading, |
| definition | : | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | fathom, fthm, |
| definition | : | (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore (noun.quantity) |
| domain member category | : | rag, |
| definition | : | break into lumps before sorting (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | hush, |
| definition | : | run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | hush, |
| definition | : | wash by removing particles (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | mine, |
| definition | : | get from the earth by excavation (verb.consumption) |
| domain member category | : | drive, |
| definition | : | excavate horizontally (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | extract, |
| definition | : | separate (a metal) from an ore (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | opencast, opencut, |
| definition | : | (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface (adj.all) |
2. laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment (noun.act)
3. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (noun.act)
| derivation | : | mine, |
| definition | : | get from the earth by excavation (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
4. laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment (noun.act)
| derivation | : | mine, |
| definition | : | lay mines (verb.competition) |
5. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (noun.act)
| derivation | : | mine, |
| definition | : | get from the earth by excavation (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
6. laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment (noun.act)
| derivation | : | mine, |
| definition | : | lay mines (verb.competition) |
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