mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
treadmill salt mine | a job involving drudgery and confinement |
mining excavation | the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
placer mining | mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging |
strip mining opencast mining | the mining of ore or coal from an open mine |
mining minelaying | laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment |
andrena andrenid mining bee | a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena |
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 |
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 |
mining geology | the branch of economic geology that deals with the applications of geology to mining |
mining company | a company that owns and manages mines |
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 |
mining engineer | an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines |
data mining | data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases, a way to discover new meaning in data |
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 |
mined | extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth |
deep-mined | of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine, deep-mined coal |
well-mined | well known and commonly used, Shakespeare exploited many well-mined sources for his plays |
strip-mined | mined near the earth's surface by stripping |
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 |