Definitions of Mining [ˈmaɪ nɪŋ]

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Definition of 'Mining'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mining
the act, process, or industry of extracting mineral substances from mines.

Etymology: (1770–80)

Definition of 'Mining'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mining, excavation
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

2. (noun) mining, minelaying
laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

Definition of 'Mining'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) mining
the activity of taking minerals out of the ground
a mining company

Definition of 'Mining'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Mining
of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region

2. Mining
of Mine

3. (verb) Mining
the act or business of making mines or of working them

Translation of 'Mining'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a person who works in a mine, in Britain usually a coalminer.
Afrikaans: mynbou	Arabic: تَعْدين، إسْتِخراج المعاد	Bulgarian: разработване на мина
Brazilian: mineração	Czech: hornictví	German: der Bergbau
Danish: minedrift	Greek: εξόρυξη, ναρκοθέτηση	Spanish: minería, explotación de m
Estonian: kaevandamine	Farsi: حفر	Finnish: kaivostoiminta
French: exploitation minière	Hebrew: כְּרִייָה	Hindi: खनन
Croatian: rudarenje	Hungarian: bányászat, bányaipar	Indonesian: pertambangan
Icelandic: námugröftur	Italian: industria mineraria	Japanese: 採鉱
Korean: 광산업	Lithuanian: kasyba, gavyba	Latvian: kalnrūpniecība
Malay: melombong	Dutch: mijnbouw	Norwegian: gruvedrift/-arbeid
Polish: górnictwo	Persian: حفر	Pashto: كډى كول
Portuguese: mineração	Romanian: exploatare minieră	Russian: горное дело;минирование
Slovak: baníctvo	Slovenian: rudarstvo	Serbian: rudarstvo
Swedish: gruvdrift, -arbete	Thai: การทำเหมือง	Turkish: madencilik
Taiwanese: 採礦，礦業	Ukrainian: гірнича справа; мінна спр	Urdu: کانوں کی کھدائی
Vietnamese: sự khai mỏ	Chinese: 采矿，矿业
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