mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
treadmill salt mine | a job involving drudgery and confinement |
claymore mine claymore | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy |
coal mine coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
copper mine | a mine where copper is dug from the ground |
flail | an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end, used in manual threshing |
floating mine marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
goldmine gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
land mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
mine | explosive device that explodes on contact, designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel |
mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
mine detector | detector consisting of an electromagnetic device, used to locate explosive mines |
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 |
United Mine Workers of America United Mine Workers | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
mine field | a tract of land containing explosive mines |
mine pig | pig iron made entirely from ore |
mine | lay mines, The Vietnamese mined Cambodia |
mine | get from the earth by excavation, mine ores and metals |
strip mine surface mine surface-mine | extract (ore) from a strip-mine |
thrash thresh lam flail | give a thrashing to, beat hard |
flail thresh | move like a flail, thresh about, Her arms were flailing |
run-of-the-mill run-of-the-mine mine run unexceptional | not special in any way, run-of-the-mill boxing, your run-of-the-mine college graduate, a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career |