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MINE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MINE?

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Associations of "Mine" (30 Words)

Associations of "Mine" (30 Words)

anthracite	A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat. A wide range of colours from anthracite* to blush pink.*
auriferous	Containing gold. Not all the quartz veins are auriferous.
carbon	A rod of carbon in an arc lamp. A bike with a carbon* frame.*
coal	Supply with coal. Men were loading coals into a wagon.
collier	A coal miner.
colliery	A coal mine and the buildings and equipment associated with it.
copper	Brown coins of low value made of copper or bronze. Some iron hulls were sheathed with wood and then coppered.
diamond	A tool with a small diamond for cutting glass. Diamonds were trumps.
dig	Remove harvest or recover by digging. Dig the oars into the water.
excavation	The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. Inside the excavation* were the bones of some huge creature.*
gold	Made from or covered with gold. The child was as good as gold.
gravel	A stratum or deposit of gravel. The wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child.
jadeite	A green, blue, or white mineral which is one of the forms of jade. It is a silicate of sodium, aluminium, and iron and belongs to the pyroxene group.
lode	A rich source of something. A rich lode* of scandal and alleged crime.*
miner	Laborer who works in a mine. The miners were freed after spending four days trapped underground.
mineral	Relating to minerals. It identifies the mineral* or compound present.*
mineshaft	A deep narrow vertical hole, or sometimes a horizontal tunnel, that gives access to a mine. One member of this party almost vanished down a hidden disused mineshaft.
mining	The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. A mining* town.*
nephrite	An amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders.
ore	A monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden 100 ore equal 1 krona. The mine s reserves of ore.
passageway	A passage between rooms or between buildings. Her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway* off the main street.*
pit	Drive a racing car into the pits for fuel or maintenance. He pitted on lap 36 with sudden engine trouble.
plutonium	A solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239.
quarry	Extract stone or other materials from a quarry. A British term for quarry* is stone pit.*
quartz	A hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form present in most rocks especially sandstone and granite yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities.
rock	A mass of rock projecting above the earth s surface or out of the sea. A stick of rock.
shale	Soft finely stratified sedimentary rock that formed from consolidated mud or clay and can be split easily into fragile plates.
shovel	A fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace. She shovelled coal on the fire.
silicon	The chemical element of atomic number 14 a non metal with semiconducting properties used in making electronic circuits Pure silicon exists in a shiny dark grey crystalline form and as an amorphous powder.
uranium	The chemical element of atomic number 92, a dense grey radioactive metal used as a fuel in nuclear reactors.