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
