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Meaning of "miner" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINER

miner  [ˈmaɪnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Miner 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 MINER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

miner

Miner

A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miners is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting, or otherwise working and removing the rock. In a broader sense, a "miner" is anyone working within a mine, not just a worker at the rock face. This article will consider this broader concept. There have been miners since people first began mining. In regions with a long mining tradition, many communities have developed cultural traditions and aspects specific to the various regions, in the forms of particular equipment, symbolism, music, and the like.

Definition of miner in the English dictionary

The definition of miner in the dictionary is a person who works in a mine. Other definition of miner is Also called: continuous miner. a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MINER


aligner
əˈlaɪnə
Carolina
ˌkærəˈlaɪnə
china
ˈtʃaɪnə
designer
dɪˈzaɪnə
diner
ˈdaɪnə
eyeliner
ˈaɪˌlaɪnə
Freightliner
ˈfreɪtˌlaɪnə
gold-miner
ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪnə
hemina
hɪˈmaɪnə
liner
ˈlaɪnə
mina
ˈmaɪnə
minor
ˈmaɪnə
myna
ˈmaɪnə
mynah
ˈmaɪnə
Regina
rɪˈdʒaɪnə
salina
səˈlaɪnə
signer
ˈsaɪnə
Steiner
ˈstaɪnə
underminer
ˌʌndəˈmaɪnə
vagina
vəˈdʒaɪnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINER

minelaying
miner´s right
mineral
mineral deposits
mineral dressing
mineral jelly
mineral kingdom
mineral oil
mineral pitch
mineral processing
mineral rights
mineral spring
mineral supplement
mineral tar
mineral water
mineral wax
mineral wool
mineral.
mineralisable
mineralisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINER

airliner
aliner
Berliner
container
entertainer
examiner
Gardiner
headliner
imaginer
joiner
mariner
no-brainer
personal trainer
recliner
retainer
Schreiner
seiner
strainer
terminer
trainer

Synonyms and antonyms of miner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MINER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «miner» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of miner

Translation of «miner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINER

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

Translator English - Chinese

矿工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

minero
570 millions of speakers

English

miner
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खान में काम करनेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُعَدِّن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шахтер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mineiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খনিজীবী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mineur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penambang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bergarbeiter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

炭坑労働者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

광부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Miner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thợ mỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுரங்கத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाण कामगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

madenci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

górnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шахтар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

miner
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανθρακωρύχος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

myner
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gruvarbetare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gruvearbeider
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of miner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINER»

The term «miner» is very widely used and occupies the 16.825 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINER» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «MINER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word miner.
1
Aneurin Barnard
I came from a very, very small valley in the middle of South Wales. I grew up there with my father, who's a coal miner, and my mother worked in a normal factory.
2
Peter Cook
I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
3
Jason Flemyng
I've got the body of a model and the face of a coal miner.
4
Bernard Hill
I grew up in Manchester, and we were very poor. My father was a miner who joined the Navy during the war and developed a lung disease and had to have a lung removed.
5
Mary Harris Jones
What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union.
6
Tom Jones
I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.
7
Tom Jones
Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12.
8
Ross Kemp
I didn't even watch the soaps when I was in them because it's like a coal miner coming home and staring at the coal scuttle - I was never a great lover of watching myself act.
9
Tim Murphy
My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then.
10
Phil Niekro
My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't hurt his arm, he probably would have got a shot somewhere. He hurt his arm one spring, didn't warm up good enough, couldn't throw a fastball anymore. Another coal miner taught him how to throw the knuckleball.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINER»

Discover the use of miner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to miner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Neural Network Modeling Using Sas Enterprise Miner
This book is designed in making statisticians, researchers, and programmers aware of the awesome new product now available in SAS called Enterprise Miner.
Randall Matignon, 2005
2
The 4 Routes to Entrepreneurial Success
Details the personality traits of four types of entrepreneurs, examines how they succeed and fail, and shows would-be entrepreneurs how to apply these principles to achieve success
John B. Miner, 1996
3
Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of ...
Earl Miner demonstrates that these definitions and inferences from them constitute useful bases for comparative poetics. This work is a scholarly effort to bridge the cultural gap in literary studies between East and West.
Earl Roy Miner, 1990
4
Predictive Modeling with SAS Enterprise Miner: Practical ...
Learn the theory behind and methods for predictive modeling using SAS Enterprise Miner Learn how to produce predictive models and prepare presentation-quality graphics in record time with Predictive Modeling with SAS Enterprise Miner: ...
Kattamuri S. Sarma, PhD, 2013
5
Customer Segmentation and Clustering Using SAS Enterprise ...
Understanding the customer is critical to your company's success. In this book, Randy Collica employs SAS Enterprise Miner and the most commonly available techniques for customer relationship management (CRM).
Randall S. Collica, 2011
6
Getting Started with SAS Enterprise Miner 6.1
Introduces the core functionality of SAS Enterprise Miner and shows how to perform basic data-mining tasks. Provides step-by-step examples that create a complete process-flow diagram, including graphic results.
SAS Institute, 2009
7
Role Motivation Theories
An in-depth analysis of four types of organisation and what makes them work.
John B. Miner, 2008
8
Shadow Algorithms Data Miner
With an emphasis on shadow fundamentals, the book gives an organized picture of the motivations, complexities, and categorized algorithms available to generate digital shadows.
Andrew Woo, Pierre Poulin, 2012
9
The Miner's Canary: enlisting race, resisting power, ...
In a book that is ultimately not only aspirational but inspirational, Guinier and Torres envision a social justice movement that could transform the nature of democracy in America.
Lani GUINIER, Gerald Torres, Lani Guinier, 2009
10
High Probability Trading Strategies: Entry to Exit Tactics ...
This is a must-read for anyone interested in the practical application of Elliott Wave, Fibonacci, and Gann trading techniques." —KERRY SZYMANSKI, trading analyst/broker, La Canada Capital Management "Bob Miner has been my mentor for ...
Robert C. Miner, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term miner is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Miner fire chief explains no mutual aid to Sikeston for Santie Oil fire
While fire crews from around the Heartland made their way to help out, lots of locals used social media to ask why the Miner Fire Department ... «KFVS, Jul 15»
2
Contributing to the discussion: News-Miner seeks new public …
News-Miner opinion: At the beginning of this year, the News-Miner began inviting members of the public to be a part of its editorial board. «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
3
Miner Calls Councilors' Lawsuit Over Computers Waste of City's …
Miner faced claims by Mayor Matt Driscoll that she was wasting city resources with the legal action. Now, a new dispute is underway. Bill Carey ... «TWC News, Jul 15»
4
'Space Miner Wars' Soft Launches, Combines 'Space Miner' with …
One of the cooler games from GDC 2015, Space Miner Wars from Venan Entertainment, is currently in soft launch in New Zealand, Australia, ... «Touch Arcade, Jul 15»
5
Former Coal Miner Now Helps Fellow Veterans Through Vet Corps …
He found work as a mining mechanic and a strip miner. “When I came back, the coal market was basically how it was now, you couldn't get a ... «West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Jul 15»
6
BRIEF-Poland's PZU not interested now in miner KW: CEO
Poland's state-run insurer PZU said it is not interested in investing in troubled miner Kompania Weglowa (KW). * "Today this is not an issue ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
7
Remains of last missing miner in Semirara accident recovered
FAMILIES of the buried workers of Semirara Mining Corp., company officials and workers attend a Mass near the collapsed portion of the wall of ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
8
Investor lawsuit seeks to elect new board at bankrupt miner
... more than 2 million shares in Allied Nevada Gold Corp has sued the bankrupt miner in a bid to force an annual meeting to elect a new board. «Reuters, Jul 15»
9
Silver miner Fresnillo raises gold production outlook by 6.6 per cent
Fresnillo Plc, the world's largest primary silver producer, increased its full-year gold production guidance after it recovered more gold at its ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
10
Contract Workers Strike at Chilean Copper Miner Codelco
Contract workers at Chile's state-owned miner Codelco went on strike Tuesday, saying that they had blocked access to operations run by the ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»

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