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mineshafts

mineshafts is the plural of mineshaft.

Meaning of mineshaft

Noun

mineshaft (plural mineshafts)

  1. A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.

Questions about mineshafts

What is mineshafts the plural of?
Mineshafts is the plural of mineshaft.

Words near mineshafts in the dictionary

  1. mines & minerals
  2. mines and minerals
  3. Mines View
  4. Mines View Park
  5. mineshaft
  6. mineshafts
  7. minesite
  8. minesites
  9. minestone
  10. minestones
  11. minestrone

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