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mine noun

  /maɪ̯n/
  • An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
 kaivos
  • (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
 miina, kaivos
  • (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
 aarreaitta, kultakaivos
  • (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
 koverre, miina
  • (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
 louhintakone
  • (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
  • (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
 miina

mine pronoun

  /maɪ̯n/
  • That which belongs to me.
 minun, mun

mine verb

  /maɪ̯n/
  • To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
 kaivaa, kaivaa kuoppa alle, kaivaa tunneli alle, louhia, miinoittaa, tuhota miinalla
  • (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
 kaivaa, kaivautua, miinata
  • To dig into, for ore or metal.
  • (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
 louhia
  • (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
 nakertaa
  • (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
 tuhota miinalla, vahingoittaa miinalla, vaurioittaa miinalla

mining noun

  /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
  • The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
 kaivostoiminta, louhiminen, louhinta
  • (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
 etsintä, louhinta
  • (cryptocurrency) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
 louhiminen, louhinta
  • (military) The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
 miinoitus
gold mine
kultakaivos
coal mine
hiilikaivos
land mine
maamiina
naval mine
merimiina
salt mine
suolakaivos
silver mine
hopeakaivos
mine-clearing
miinanraivaus
open-pit mine
avolouhos
canary in a coal mine
kaivoksen kanarialintu
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