mining
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
mining
- /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
Rhymes with -aɪnɪŋ
noun minings
- The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth. gold mining
- Any activity that extracts or undermines. His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
- The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
- Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work. Kazakhstan became last year the world’s second-largest centre for bitcoin mining after the United States, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, after China clamped down on crypto mining activity.
verb
- present participle and gerund of mine
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: excavation, minelaying, colliery, prospecting, quarrying, coalmine, coal, drilling, ore, metallurgy, cyanidation, metal, pit, logging, landmine, mineral
Translations
Every language
noun activity of removing valuables from the earth
| Español | minería |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 광업 gwang'eop |
| 日本語 | 採鉱 saikō, 鉱業 kōgyō |
| 中文 | 採礦 /采矿 cǎikuǎng, 礦業 /矿业 kuàngyè, 採礦業 /采矿业 cǎikuàngyè |
| Português | mineração |
| Français | extraction minière, exploitation minière |
| Deutsch | Bergbau |
| Italiano | estrazione |
| Ελληνικά | όρυξη óryxi, εξόρυξη exóryxi |
| Русский | добы́ча dobýča, го́рное де́ло górnoje délo |
| Tiếng Việt | khai thác mỏ |
| العربية | تعدين |
noun military
| 中文 | 佈設地雷 /布设地雷 bùshè dìléi |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | ναρκοθέτηση narkothétisi |
| Русский | мини́рование minírovanije |
Talk about this word "mining." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mining. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mining. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mining "mining." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mining.Cite this
@misc{mining_2026,
title = {mining},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mining},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
