mining
/ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
mining noun: the activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth. Also the present participle and gerund of mine.
Noun
mining (countable and uncountable, plural minings)
- The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
- gold mining
- Any activity that extracts or undermines.
- His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
- […] the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.1740, John Hawkesworth, The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Life of the Reverend Jonathan Swift [Introduction]
- The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
- Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
- Kazakhstan became last year the world’s second-largest centre for bitcoin mining after the United States, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, after China clamped down on crypto mining activity.2022 January 6, “Kazakhstan internet shutdown deals blow to global bitcoin mining operation”, in The Guardian
Also used as
mining is also the present participle and gerund of mine.
mining meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mining in Hindi
- खनन
mining in Tamil
- சுரங்கம் தோண்டுதல்
mining in Marathi
- खाणकाम, खनिकर्म, खाणकामाला
mining in Urdu
- کان کنی
More languagesFewer languages
- mining in Telugu
- గనుల తవ్వకం, మైనింగ్
- mining in Malayalam
- ഖനനം khananaṁ
- mining in Kannada
- ಗಣಿಗಾರಿಕೆ, ಗಣಿಗಾರಿಕೆಯು
- mining in Punjabi
- ਮਾਈਨਿੰਗ, ਖਣਨ
- mining in Gujarati
- ખાણકામ khāṇkām
- mining in Odia
- ଖଣି ଖନନ, ଖନନ
- mining in Nepali
- खनन
- mining in Arabic
- تعدين
- mining in Malay
- perlombongan
- mining in Indonesian
- pertambangan
- mining in Vietnamese
- khai thác mỏ
Examples of mining in a sentence
- Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.
- Ragusa's campaign imploded after she confused coal mining with oil drilling during a speech.
- The mining of asphalt was big business in this area in the early twentieth century.
Forms of mining
| plural | minings |
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Words formed from mining
- alluvial mining
- antimining
- argument mining
- audio mining
- biomining
- coalmining
- cryptomining
- data mining
- defensive mining
- demining
- drift mining
- duomining
- fetish mining
- hydraulic mining
- hydromining
- knowledge mining
- mining bee
- mining camp
- mining community
- mining engineer
- mining engineering
- mining pool
- mining town
- nonmining
- offensive mining
- open-pit mining
- pitch mining
- postmining
- process mining
- quartz mining
- quote mining
- reality mining
- robo-mining
- strip-mining
- strip mining
- surface mining
- urban mining
Phrases with mining
Words that rhyme with mining
Questions about mining
- What does mining mean?
- Mining means the activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
- What is mining in Hindi?
- Mining in Hindi is खनन. See Mining meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mining?
- Mining is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mining?
- Mining is pronounced /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of mining?
- The plural of mining is minings.
Words near mining in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mining (page history and authors); mining (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mining (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mining (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mining (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mining (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mining (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mining (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mining (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mining (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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