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mining

17 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. mining (noun)
  2. mine (verb)
  3. mining claim (noun)
  4. mining engineer (noun)
  5. mining engineering (noun)
  6. mining geology (noun)
  7. mining lease (noun)
  8. mining partnership (noun)
  9. data mining (noun)
  10. drift mining (noun)
  11. hydraulic mining (noun)
  12. leaf-mining (adjective)
  13. pitch mining (noun)
  14. placer mining (noun)
  15. quartz mining (noun)
  16. timber mining (noun)
  17. strip mine (noun)

mining

noun

Definition of MINING

: the process or business of working mines
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First Known Use of MINING

14th century

Other Mining and Drilling Terms

ore, trepan, wildcat

Rhymes with MINING

lining, shining

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