Mining Definition
mīnĭng
noun
The act, process, or work of removing ores, coal, etc. from a mine, glacial deposit, etc.
Webster's New World
The process of digging under an enemy emplacement or fortification to destroy it by explosives, cause it to collapse, or gain access to it for an attack.
American Heritage
The act or process of laying explosive mines.
Webster's New World
The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
Gold mining.
Wiktionary
(figuratively) Any extractive activity.
His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- minelaying
- excavation
- prospecting
- hard-rock mining
- stoping
- placer mining
- honeycombing
- staving in
- tunneling
- burrowing
- delving
- undermining
- drilling
- boring
- digging
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verb
Present participle of mine.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Mining
Noun
Singular:
mining
Plural:
minings
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