| NOUN | artifact | mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
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| artifact | mine | explosive device that explodes / explodes on contact | |
| VERB | consumption | mine | get from the earth by excavation |
| competition | mine | lay mines |
| Sounds | may'n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... | |
| Meaning | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted. | |
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| Part of | colliery, pit | A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it |
| Parts | adit | A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine |
| mineshaft | excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | |
| shaft | A long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel | |
| Narrower | coal mine, coalpit | A mine where coal is dug from the ground |
| copper mine | A mine where copper is dug from the ground | |
| goldmine, gold mine | A mine where gold ore is found | |
| salt mine | A mine where salt is dug | |
| silver mine | A mine where silver ore is dug | |
| strip mine | An open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface | |
| sulphur mine, sulfur mine | A mine where sulphur is dug from the ground | |
| Broader | excavation | A hole in the ground made by excavating |
| Spanish | mina | |
| Catalan | mina | |
| Verbs | mine | get from the earth by excavation |
| Meaning | explosive device that explodes / explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel. | |
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| Narrower | floating mine, marine mine | An explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
| land mine, ground-emplaced mine, booby trap | An explosive mine hidden underground | |
| Broader | explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
| Spanish | mina | |
| Catalan | mina | |
| Verbs | mine | lay mines |
| Meaning | Get from the earth by excavation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "mine ores and metals" | |
| Category | mining, excavation | The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
| Entails | dig, delve, cut into, turn over | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
| Narrower | strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine | extract (ore) from a strip-mine |
| Broader | exploit, tap | Draw from |
| Spanish | excavar, extraer minerales | |
| Catalan | extreure minerals, minar | |
| Nouns | mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
| miner | laborer who works in a mine | |
| mining | the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth | |
| Meaning | lay mines. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia" | |
| Narrower | countermine | Destroy enemy mines with one's own mines |
| Broader | reinforce, reenforce | make stronger |
| Spanish | minar | |
| Catalan | minar | |
| Nouns | mine | explosive device that explodes / explodes on contact |
| mining | laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy / enemy personnel and equipment | |
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