miˈner noun

1. A person who works in a mine
2. A soldier who lays mines
3. An insect or other animal that makes galleries in the earth, leaves, etc
4. A honeyeater of the genus Manorina (Aust)

minˈing noun and adjective

minˈy adjective

1. Relating to mines
2. Like a mine

mineˈ-captain noun

The overseer of a mine

mine detection noun

mine detector noun

An electromagnetic apparatus for detecting explosive mines

mine dump noun (S Afr)

A large mound of mining residue

mineˈfield noun

1. An area laid with explosive mines
2. An enterprise, etc containing many potential hazards or traps (figurative)

mineˈhunter noun

A ship equipped for locating undersea mines

mineˈlayer noun

A ship or aircraft for laying mines

mine owner noun

miner's anaemia noun

Ankylostomiasis

miner's inch noun

The amount of water that will flow in twenty-four hours through an opening of one square inch at a pressure of six inches of water

miner's lamp noun

A lamp carried by a miner, usu attached to a helmet or cap

miner's phthisis noun

Phthisis caused by breathing dusty air in mines

miner's right noun (Aust and NZ)

A licence to prospect for gold, minerals, etc

miner's worm noun

The hookworm that causes ankylostomiasis

mine'shaft noun

A well-like excavation or passage into a mine

mineˈstone noun

Ore, esp ironstone

mineˈsweeper noun

A ship which drags the water to remove undersea mines

mineˈsweeping noun

mineˈ-thrower noun (a transl of German Minenwerfer /mēˈnən-ver-fər/, in soldiers' slang minnie /minˈi/)

A trench-mortar

mine worker noun

A miner

mining bee noun

A bee that builds its nest in long underground tunnels