English Explanatory Dictionary

mining

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
  2. Any activity that extracts or undermines.
  3. The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
  4. Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of mine

Pronunciation

/ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mining.wav

Word forms

mining minings

Derived words

antimining argument mining audio mining biomining coalmining cryptomining data mining defensive mining demining drift mining duomining fetish mining hydraulic mining hydromining knowledge mining mining bee mining camp mining community mining engineer mining engineering mining pool mining town nonmining offensive mining open-pit mining pitch mining postmining process mining quartz mining quote mining reality mining robo-mining strip-mining strip mining surface mining urban mining
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