mine
coal mine (coal mines)
also coalmine
[N-COUNT]
A coal mine is a place where coal is dug out of the ground.gold mine
also goldmine
[N-SING]
If you describe something such as a business or idea as a gold mine, you mean that it produces large profits.
The programme was a gold mine for small production companies.♦♦♦ mine1 /m'aɪn/ (mine) PRONOUN USE
[PRON] oft n of PRON
Mine is the first person singular possessive pronoun. A speaker or writer uses mine to refer to something that belongs or relates to himself or herself.
Her right hand is inches from mine...
I'm looking for a friend of mine who lives here.mine2 /m'aɪn/ (mine mines mining mined) NOUN AND VERB USES
1 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A mine is a place where deep holes and tunnels are dug under the ground in order to obtain a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold.
...coal mines.
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
When a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold is mined, it is obtained from the ground by digging deep holes and tunnels.
The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically.
3 [N-COUNT]
A mine is a bomb which is hidden in the ground or in water and which explodes when people or things touch it.
4 [VERB] be V-ed, also V n
If an area of land or water is mined, mines are placed there which will explode when people or things touch them.
The approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined.
5 [PHRASE] mine inflects, usu v-link PHR
If you say that someone is a mine of information, you mean that they know a great deal about something.
6
see also miningstrip mine (strip mines)
[N-COUNT]
A strip mine is a mine in which the coal, metal, or mineral is near the surface, and so underground passages are not needed. (AM; in BRIT, use opencast mine)
also coalmine
[N-COUNT]
A coal mine is a place where coal is dug out of the ground.gold mine
also goldmine
[N-SING]
If you describe something such as a business or idea as a gold mine, you mean that it produces large profits.
The programme was a gold mine for small production companies.♦♦♦ mine1 /m'aɪn/ (mine) PRONOUN USE
[PRON] oft n of PRON
Mine is the first person singular possessive pronoun. A speaker or writer uses mine to refer to something that belongs or relates to himself or herself.
Her right hand is inches from mine...
I'm looking for a friend of mine who lives here.mine2 /m'aɪn/ (mine mines mining mined) NOUN AND VERB USES
1 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A mine is a place where deep holes and tunnels are dug under the ground in order to obtain a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold.
...coal mines.
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
When a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold is mined, it is obtained from the ground by digging deep holes and tunnels.
The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically.
3 [N-COUNT]
A mine is a bomb which is hidden in the ground or in water and which explodes when people or things touch it.
4 [VERB] be V-ed, also V n
If an area of land or water is mined, mines are placed there which will explode when people or things touch them.
The approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined.
5 [PHRASE] mine inflects, usu v-link PHR
If you say that someone is a mine of information, you mean that they know a great deal about something.
6
see also miningstrip mine (strip mines)
[N-COUNT]
A strip mine is a mine in which the coal, metal, or mineral is near the surface, and so underground passages are not needed. (AM; in BRIT, use opencast mine)