Mine vs Winze - What's the difference?
mine | winze |
My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
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An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
(military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
(pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
(ambitransitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
* Ure
To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
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* Sir Walter Scott
As nouns the difference between mine and winze
is that mine is an excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels or mine can be while winze is a steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels.As a pronoun mine
is my; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.As a verb mine
is (ambitransitive) to remove (ore) from the ground.mine
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Pronoun
- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: /
Usage notes
* . * Historically, (term) came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, (term) still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above.See also
(English personal pronouns)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), from .Noun
(en noun) view of an anti-tank landmine- This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
- He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
- Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
- His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine .
- The warship was destroyed by floating mines .
Derived terms
* anti-personnel mine * anti-tank mine * coal mine * gold mine, goldmine * land mine, landmine * limpet mine * magnetic mine * minefield * minelayer * mine of information * miner * mineral * mine run * mine shaft, mineshaft * minesweeper * mineworker * naval mine * open-pit mine * proximity mine * proxy mine * salt mine * strip-mine, strip mineVerb
(min)- Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
- Lead veins have been traced but they have not been mined .
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
- the mining cony
- They mined the walls.
- Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.
