Miner Meaning and Definition

Word: Miner

How to pronounce: ˈmaɪnə

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person who works in a mine.

Example sentences: "The miners were freed after spending four days trapped underground"

2. A person who digs tunnels in order to destroy an enemy position with explosives.

Example sentences: "While working in tunnels, miners looked for listening tunnels and countermines of the defender."

3. A small South American bird of the ovenbird family, which excavates a long burrow for breeding.

Example sentences: "The rufous-banded miner is a neotropical ovenbird (Furnariidae) that is widespread in the southern Andes."

4. Short for leaf miner

Example sentences: "These miners live on the leaf and feed from these tissues."

Noun

Definitions:

1. An Australian bird of the honeyeater family, having a loud call and typically nesting colonially.

Example sentences: "Miners nest communally, laying their eggs in a nest made in the fork of a tree."

Synonyms:

mine worker

coal miner

mineworker

coalminer

Derivations:

mining

mine

mineral

mined

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Miner in Other Languages...

Spanish: Minero

German: Miner

French: Miner

Italian: Minatore

Turkish: Maden