mining

About 17.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.

   gold mining

2. noun Any activity that extracts or undermines.

   His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.

3. noun The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
4. noun Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
5. verb present participle and gerund of mine

Similar words

excavation minelaying colliery prospecting quarrying coalmine coal drilling ore metallurgy

Often followed by

and industry company in operations companies of is town

Word family

minings