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1.An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
- Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
- He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
2.Any source of wealth or resources.
- She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.
- To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information.
3.A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- The most famous mine of the American Civil War led to the Battle of the Crater.
4.A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
- His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.

1.That or those belonging to me.
- This house of mine is over 100 years old.
- The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
- Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.

1.To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
- Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
2.To dig into, for ore or metal.
- Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined.
3.To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.

Common· #1624

From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.