mining C1 Topic:Energy & Industry US /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #7523 Meanings 1 noun The work of digging valuable materials such as coal, metals, or minerals out of the earth. Coal mining was once the main industry in this region. 2 verb Present participle of mine: digging valuable materials out of the ground. They are mining for gold in the hills. 3 noun The process of creating new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions. Bitcoin mining uses a huge amount of electricity. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the work of digging... excavation Word family Derived forms antiminingbiominingcoalminingcryptominingdeminingduomininghydrominingnonminingpostminingrobo-miningstrip-mining Common collocations placer mining Noun + noun Topics Energy & Industry Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mining **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 7523 ## Meanings 1. The work of digging valuable materials such as coal, metals, or minerals out of the earth. 2. Present participle of mine: digging valuable materials out of the ground. 3. The process of creating new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions. ## Examples - Coal mining was once the main industry in this region. - They are mining for gold in the hills. - Bitcoin mining uses a huge amount of electricity. ## Derived Forms - antimining - biomining - coalmining - cryptomining - demining - duomining - hydromining - nonmining - postmining - robo-mining - strip-mining ## Topics - Energy & Industry - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown