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NOUN | 1 | mine | Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
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2 | mine | Explosive device that explodes on contact | |
VERB | 1 | mine | Get from the earth by excavation |
2 | mine | Lay mines |
Sounds | may'n |
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Rhymes | airline, align, aline, and 137 more rhymes in ayn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted. |
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Part of | colliery, pit |
Parts | adit; mineshaft; shaft |
Narrower | coal mine, coalpit; copper mine; goldmine, gold mine; salt mine; silver mine; strip mine; sulphur mine, sulfur mine |
Broader | excavation, hole in the ground |
Verbs | mine |
Meaning | Explosive device that explodes on contact. Designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel. |
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Narrower | floating mine, marine mine; land mine, ground-emplaced mine, booby trap |
Broader | explosive device |
Verbs | mine |
Meaning | Get from the earth by excavation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "mine ores and metals" |
Category | mining, excavation |
Entails | dig, delve, cut into, turn over |
Narrower | strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine |
Broader | exploit, tap |
Nouns | miner; mine; mining |
Meaning | Lay mines. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia" |
Narrower | countermine |
Broader | reinforce, reenforce |
Nouns | mining; mine |