Word: Mine
How to pronounce: maɪn
Possessive pronoun
Definitions:
1. Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker.
Example sentences: "You go your way and I'll go mine"
Possessive determiner
Definitions:
1. (used before a vowel) my.
Example sentences: "Tears did fill mine eyes"
Noun
Definitions:
1. An excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals.
Example sentences: "A copper mine"
2. A type of bomb placed on or just below the surface of the ground or in the water that detonates when disturbed by a person, vehicle, or ship.
Example sentences: "His jeep ran over a mine and he was killed"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine.
Example sentences: "The company came to the area to mine phosphate"
2. Lay explosive mines on or just below the surface of (the ground or water)
Example sentences: "The area was heavily mined"
Synonyms:
mining camp
goldmine
landmine
land mine
colliery
coalmine
underground mines
mineshaft
pit
my
mother lode
Derivations:
mining
miner
mined
mineable
mineral
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Mine in Other Languages...
Spanish: Mina
German: Mine
French: Mine
Italian: Miniera
Turkish: Ben
