minecraft
Syllables: mine·craftUS/ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/
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Australia/ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/
minecraft noun: a warship which lays naval mines.
Noun
minecraft (plural minecraft or minecrafts)
- A warship which lays naval mines.
- Each was marked by lighted dan buoys spaced at one-mile intervals, laid by Fairmile motor launches of the Royal Navy, which followed immediately behind the minecraft.1962, Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operation in World War II, page 79
- By the end of May 8 the Japanese had lost one light carrier, a destroyer and several minecrafts. One large carrier had to be retired from the battle and sent home for repairs. The U.S. losses included one destroyer and an oiler, ...1971, Bruce Bahrenburg, The Pacific: then and now, page 96
Proper noun capitalized: Minecraft
Minecraft
- A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items, build structures, fight mobs to get experience points, enchant items and defeat bosses to earn rewards.
- Sam has beaten the Ender Dragon twice, killed the wither thrice, obtained netherite armor and built an obsidian fort in Minecraft.
- Chlorine blue, bordered in forest green and looking out onto a Grecian gazebo, the pool was composed of hundreds of ceramic kitchen tiles, like a Minecraft version of C.Z. Guest’s once-upon-a-time world.2016 September 13, Vanessa Friedman, “New York Fashion Week Comes to Life With Thom Browne and Proenza Schouler”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2020
- Synonyms:
- MC
Verb capitalized: Minecraft
Minecraft (third-person singular simple present Minecrafts, present participle Minecrafting, simple past and past participle Minecrafted)
- To play the video game Minecraft.
- In the fullness of time, we can confirm that consumers do generally prefer metaverse platforms named after verbs, or at least strongly imply them: Minecrafting, building blocks and forts in Roblox and Fortnite, VRChat-ing, and so on.2023, Wagner James Au, Making a Metaverse That Matters: From Snow Crash & Second Life to A Virtual World Worth Fighting For
- First we mine, then we craft. Let’s Minecraft!2025 March 30, Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta, A Minecraft Movie, spoken by Steve (Jack Black)
minecraft meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
minecraft in Hindi
- माइनक्राफ्ट
minecraft in Tamil
- மைன்கிராஃப்ட், மின்கிராஃப்ட்
minecraft in Marathi
- माइनक्राफ्ट
minecraft in Urdu
- مائن کرافٹ, مائنکرافٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- minecraft in Bengali
- মাইনক্রাফট, মাইনক্রাফ্ট
- minecraft in Telugu
- మైన్క్రాఫ్ట్, మైన్ క్రాఫ్ట్
- minecraft in Malayalam
- മൈൻക്രാഫ്റ്റ്, മിൻക്രാഫ്റ്റ്
- minecraft in Kannada
- ಮೈನ್ಕ್ರಾಫ್ಟ್, ಮೈನ್ ಕ್ರಾಫ್ಟ್
- minecraft in Punjabi
- ਮਾਈਨਕ੍ਰਾਫਟ, ਮਾਈਨਕਰਾਫਟ, ਮਾਇਨਕ੍ਰਾਫਟ
- minecraft in Gujarati
- માઇનક્રાફ્ટ, માઈનક્રાફ્ટ
- minecraft in Odia
- ମାଇନକ୍ରାଫ୍ଟ, ମାଇନ୍କ୍ରାଫ୍ଟ, ମାଇନ୍କ୍ରାଫ୍ଟ୍
- minecraft in Nepali
- माइनक्राफ्ट, माइन्क्राफ्ट
Examples of minecraft in a sentence
- In reality, the ship was named (on 3 July 1990) along with several other MCMs to "commemorate the service of World War II minecraft that saw significant service."2005, Norman Polmar, Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, →ISBN, page 231:
- I had finally joined "the big boys" on a ship other than one called a craft . . . landing crafts or minecrafts.2005, Bill Pink, The first ten years, page 221:
Synonyms of minecraft
Forms of minecraft
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | minecraft |
| plural | minecrafts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | Minecrafts |
| present participle | Minecrafting |
| past participle | Minecrafted |
| past | Minecrafted |
Origin of minecraft
From mine + -craft.
From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.
Words formed from minecraft
Words that rhyme with minecraft
Questions about minecraft
- What does minecraft mean?
- Minecraft means a warship which lays naval mines.
- What is minecraft in Hindi?
- Minecraft in Hindi is माइनक्राफ्ट. See Minecraft meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use minecraft in a sentence?
- In reality, the ship was named (on 3 July 1990) along with several other MCMs to "commemorate the service of World War II minecraft that saw significant service."
- What part of speech is minecraft?
- Minecraft can be a noun, a proper noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce minecraft?
- Minecraft is pronounced /ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/ (US).
- What is the plural of minecraft?
- The plural of minecraft is minecraft.
Words near minecraft in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: minecraft (page history and authors); Minecraft (page history and authors); minecraft (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minecraft (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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