American English pronunciation
How to pronounce mines
IPA transcription: ['maɪnz]
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Noun
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excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
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explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
Verb
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get from the earth by excavation
“mine ores and metals”
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lay mines
“The Vietnamese mined Cambodia”
Usage examples
- According to this understanding, knowledge is never neutral, as it determines force relations.
- This was thanks to gold being discovered and the building of gold mines.
- His father and older brother worked in the mines for the Witherbee Sherman Company.
- The mines had been ran by the city council.
- However, the state encouraged competing private parties to operate mines and supply these centers.
- This was thanks to gold being discovered and the building of gold mines.
- Others included mines, brewing, and newspaper publishing.
- The "honden's" structure determines the shrine's architectural style.
- Small "wagon mines" in Huntington Canyon provided limited employment.
- Herodotus mentions that they had mines in Mount Pangaeus and two fortresses.