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PRONUNCIATION OF GOAF

goaf  [ɡəʊf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOAF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Goaf is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOAF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of goaf in the English dictionary

The definition of goaf in the dictionary is the waste left in old mine workings.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOAF


autotroph
ˈɔːtətrəʊf
auxotroph
ˈɔːksətrəʊf
biotroph
ˈbaɪəʊˌtrəʊf
chemoautotroph
ˌkiːməʊˈɔːtəˌtrəʊf
chemoheterotroph
ˌkiːməʊˈhɛtərəʊtrəʊf
chemolithotroph
ˌkiːməʊˈlɪθətrəʊf
limitrophe
ˈlɪmɪˌtrəʊf
loaf
ləʊf
necrotroph
ˈnɛkrəʊˌtrəʊf
nutloaf
ˈnʌtləʊf
oaf
əʊf
photoautotroph
ˌfəʊtəʊˈɔːtətrəʊf
saprotroph
ˈsæprəʊˌtrəʊf
witloof
ˈwɪtləʊf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOAF

goa
Goa powder
Goa, Daman, and Diu
goad
goadlike
goadsman
goadster
goal
goal area
goal average
goal crease
goal difference
goal kick
goal line
goal scorer
goalball
goalie
goalkeeper
goalkeeping
goalkicker

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOAF

batch loaf
bran loaf
cob loaf
coburg loaf
cottage loaf
currant loaf
Danish loaf
farmhouse loaf
French loaf
French stick loaf
meat loaf
pan loaf
quartern loaf
sandwich loaf
sugar loaf

Synonyms and antonyms of goaf in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «goaf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOAF

Find out the translation of goaf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of goaf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «goaf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

采空区
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

goaf
570 millions of speakers

English

goaf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

goaf
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

goaf
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выработанное пространство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

goaf
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

goaf
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

remblayage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Goaf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

goaf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

廃石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

goaf
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Golek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

goaf
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

goaf
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहिरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

goaf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

goaf
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zrobów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вироблений простір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

goaf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

goaf
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goaf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

goaf
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

goaf
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of goaf

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOAF»

The term «goaf» is normally little used and occupies the 127.226 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOAF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «goaf» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «goaf» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about goaf

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOAF»

Discover the use of goaf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to goaf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Extracting the Science: A Century of Mining Research
A Century of Mining Research Jürgen F. Brune. figure 3. a Digital terrain Map produced during a four-week production trial figure 6. oxygen distribution in the goaf one day after. dump material directly into a truck tray (scaled accordingly) ...
Jürgen F. Brune, 2010
2
Mining Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 5th ...
So strengthening the block beam structure or key strata above goaf and raising its the bearing ability and stability are the main ways to control rupture foundation rock mass deformation over abandoned workings. These technological methods  ...
Yuehan Wang, Shirong Ge, Guangli Guo, 2004
3
Reports from Committees
A goaf is a source of great danger; it is often a magazine of explosive matter, and if it could be removed it would be very desirable. A plan was proposed by Mr. Faraday and Sir Charles Lyell of emptying the goaf by tubes ; but it was found, ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1852
4
A Numerical Primer for the Chemical Engineer
can fully explain that when the physical characteristics is determined of the flow field in goaf, the flow field in goaf remained unchanged. Different intake and return air pressure make the goaf negative values of different sizes and goaf varying ...
Edwin Zondervan, 2014
5
the polytechnic review and magazine of science, literature, ...
closing it, extend, is not known in a large goaf, or, as far as we are aware, even in a small one. The goaf may be considered as a heap of rocky fragments rising up into the vault or cavity from which it has fallen, perhaps nearly compact in the ...
george G. Sigmond, 1845
6
Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on ...
Underground Goaf Filling and Management Sequence Optimization Research Gan Deqing1 and Zhang Yabin2 1 College of Mining Engineering, Safety Technology Key Lab. of Hebei Province, Hebei United University, Tangshan 063009 ...
George Yang, 2012
7
Year Book of Facts in Science and Art
workings near the goaf, it will tend to rise and collect in it ; if evolved in the goaf from the dislocation of upper strata, &c. it will tend to remain in the goaf, for a time at least ; and though diffusion will gradually mix it with the common air of the ...
John Timbs, Charles W. Vincent, James Mason, 1846
8
Mine Safety and Efficient Exploitation Facing Challenges of ...
goaf. of. fully. mechanized. top-coal. caving. longwall. Weimin Cheng, Gang Wang, Jiacai Zhang, Lulu Sun University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China Gang Wang, Jun Xie Commonwealth Scientific and ...
Liu Zegong, Jerzy Kicki, Hua Xinzhu, 2010
9
Advances in Discontinuous Numerical Methods and Applications ...
A total of eight cases are investigated in the modeling with the over mined width of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, which corresponds to the goaf span of 6, 8,10,12,14,16, 18 and 32 m, respectively. For the last case, the two pillars of the goaf are ...
Jian Zhao, Yuzo Ohnishi, Gao-Feng Zhao, 2012
10
Philosophical Magazine
There is every reason to believe, that the falling goes on towards the middle of the goaf, but how high the heap of broken strata and the vault inclosing it extend, is not known in a large goaf, or, as far as we are aware, even in a small one.
‎1845

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOAF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term goaf is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Azed slip No 2230
177 entries, a handful having DATES OF DEATH, and more than a few with LOAF for GOAF ('Head for the rear, taken short, wherein waste is ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh – digested read
“Aye cannae play goaf,” sus Terry, before suddenly finding he was a total natural who could play off scratch. “Uh git it, Irvine,” he yulls. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
3
Loznica demands urgent solution of environmental issues
The goaf of the former antimony mine which flowed into the Korenita River has arrived at the confluence into the Drina River, Janko Aleksic of ... «B92, Sep 14»
4
Caterpillar to supply longwall systems to Turkish coal mine
As the face moves forward, the coal left above the section cut by the machine falls onto the extended canopies, providing the goaf is caving ... «World Coal, Jul 14»
5
Rescue work continues to save trapped miners in SW China
... mine as of 8 a.m. on April 12. The flooding occurred at 4:50 a.m. on April 7 following a blasting impact on the goaf. (Xinhua/Pang Mingguang) ... «Global Times, Apr 14»
6
Book Excerpt: Tragedy at Pike River Mine
The area most likely to contain this amount of gas was the goaf formed during mining of the hydro panel. The area was also intersected by an ... «The Press, Nov 13»
7
Congolese dishes show innovation, creativity
For dessert (truthfully, an appetizer as we had them) were little bite-sized waffle-cookies called gaufres (pronounced goaf). "Some people live ... «The Portland Phoenix, May 13»
8
New evidence in Pike River coal mine tragedy
According to chairman of the inquiry, Graham Panckhurst, the mine's roof caved in at the goaf; pushing high amounts of methane into the rest of ... «Australian Mining, Jul 12»
9
Xstrata to extend Ravensworth coal mine's life
... tailings pipelines; a substation; RCHPP and RCT; and fuel storage facilities, as well as new fire ventilation shafts and goaf drainage wells. «Australian Mining, Jun 12»
10
Pike inquiry sheds light on issues
The inquiry heard the blast was blamed on a roof collapse in the hydro-mining goaf, a void left when coal is extracted, which pushed out an ... «The Press, Apr 12»

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