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min·ing

(mī′nĭng)

1. The process or business of extracting ore or minerals from the ground.

a. The process of digging under an enemy emplacement or fortification to destroy it by explosives, cause it to collapse, or gain access to it for an attack.

b. The process of laying explosive mines.

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mining

(ˈmaɪnɪŋ)

1. (Mining & Quarrying) the act, process, or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc, from the earth

2. (Military) military the process of laying mines

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min•ing

(ˈmaɪ nɪŋ)

n.

the act, process, or industry of extracting mineral substances from mines.

[1770–80]

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Noun	1.	mining - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth excavation production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" placer mining - mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging opencast mining, strip mining - the mining of ore or coal from an open mine bore-hole, drill hole, bore - a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes heading, drift, gallery - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" fathom, fthm - (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore rag - break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore" hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals hush - wash by removing particles; "Wash ores" mine - get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals" strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine - extract (ore) from a strip-mine drive - excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel" extract - separate (a metal) from an ore
	2.	mining - laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment minelaying defense, defensive measure, defence - (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"

Translations

تَعْدِينُتَعْدين، إسْتِخراج المعادِن

dolováníhornictví

minedrift

Bergbau Abbau

εξόρυξη

minería minero explotación de minas

kaivostyölouhia

exploitation minière minage

rudarstvo

bányaiparbányászat

námugröftur

estrazione industria mineraria minerario posa di mine

鉱業

채광

mijnbouw

gruvedrift gruvearbeid

górnictwo

mineração

горная промышленность горный

baníctvo

gruvdrift

การทำเหมือง

madencilik

ngành mỏ

矿业采矿

mining

[ˈmaɪnɪŋ]

A. N

1. → minería f, explotación f de minas

2. (Mil, Naut) → minado m

B. CPD mining engineer N → ingeniero/a m/f de minas
mining industry N → industria f minera
mining town N → población f minera

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mining

[ˈmaɪnɪŋ]

n → exploitation f minière

adj

[industry, company] → minier/ière

[village, town] → minier/ière
a small mining town → une petite ville minière mining engineermining engineer n → ingénieur m/f des mines

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mining

(Min) → Bergbau m; (= work at the face) → Arbeit f → im Bergwerk

(Mil) (of area) → Verminen nt; (of ship) → Befestigung f → einer Mine (→ of an +dat); (= blowing-up) → Sprengung f → (mit einer Mine)

mining

mining area

n → Bergbaugebiet nt, → Revier nt

mining disaster

n → Grubenunglück nt

mining engineer

n → Berg(bau)ingenieur(in) m(f)

mining industry

n → Bergbau m

mining town

n → Bergarbeiterstadt f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mining

[ˈmaɪnɪŋ]

1. n

a. → estrazione f mineraria, industria mineraria

b. (Mil, Naut) → posa di mine

2. adj (industry, engineer, area) → minerario/a; (community, family) → di minatori

mine²

(main) noun

1. a place (usually underground) from which metals, coal, salt etc are dug. a coalmine; My father worked in the mines.

2. a type of bomb used underwater or placed just beneath the surface of the ground. The ship has been blown up by a mine.

verb

1. to dig (for metals etc) in a mine. Coal is mined near here.

2. to place explosive mines in. They've mined the mouth of the river.

3. to blow up with mines. His ship was mined.

ˈminer noun

a person who works in a mine, in Britain usually a coalminer.

ˈmining noun

ˈminefield noun

an area of ground or water which is full of explosive mines.

mining

→ تَعْدِينُ dolování minedrift Bergbau εξόρυξη minería kaivostyö exploitation minière rudarstvo industria mineraria 鉱業 채광 mijnbouw gruvedrift górnictwo mineração горная промышленность gruvdrift การทำเหมือง madencilik ngành mỏ 矿业

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