mining

Meaning

Noun

1. The activity of removing solid valuables 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

present participle and gerund of mine

Synonyms

extraction

quarrying

excavation

production

mineral extraction

yield

minelaying

subversion

mining act

output

mine

miners'

extracting

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaɪnɪŋ/

Sentences

The gold mining town Thornborough was named after him .

The miner had abandoned everything to go mining for emeralds .

The range's western flank is the site of a series of now-semi-abandoned mining towns .