mine

[US]/maɪn/
[UK]/maɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a place where minerals are excavated from the earth;a hidden explosive device placed in the ground
v.to extract minerals from the earth
pron.belonging to me.

Phrases & Collocations

coal mine

gold mine

friend of mine

copper mine

iron mine

mine ventilation

underground mine

mine hoist

salt mine

iron ore mine

mine field

open pit mine

mine exploitation

strip mine

land mine

acid mine drainage

mine survey

mine surveying

mine clearance

Example Sentences

This guidebook is a mine of information.

This is mine and that is yours.

an uphill mine entrance.

to mine the castle walls

a friend of mine is a demon cook.

a desert of lead-mine spoil.

this book is a gold mine of information.

timber a mine shaft.

A good encyclopedia is a mine of information.

an aunt of mine, long since gone.

tears did fill mine eyes.

the book contains a mine of information.

the mines became increasingly unprofitable.

The mine reduced the car to squash.

Her name and mine are the same.

a mine producing gold;

Is it anything like mine?

Real-world Examples

These are not mine. Look how flimsy they are. Come on.

Source: Friends Season 10

So this award is only mine in trust.

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

This is Tula. This is our mine.

Source: CHERNOBYL HBO

And this small one isn't mine, either.

Source: New Cambridge Business English (Elementary)

I think I need to make her mine.

Source: Connection Magazine

John is a mine of information about music.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

For the South, cotton is a gold mine.

Source: America The Story of Us

What's mine is yours, man, and what's yours is mine.

Source: Kidnapping

Instead we sell and deliver the mine to them.

Source: VOA Special October 2018 Collection

Ohio is my name and Columbus is all mine.

Source: Children's Encyclopedia Song

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