miner

[US]/'maɪnə/
[UK]/'maɪnɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.miner;person who works in a mine

Phrases & Collocations

coal miner

gold miner

miner helmet

continuous miner

Example Sentences

The coal miners struck.

miner's sunshine (=miner's wax)

The old miner was digging for gold.

The miners trooped home.

there was more trouble brewing as the miners went on strike.

peasants and miners were formed into a militia.

conditions that predispose miners to lung disease.

a miner whose face was caked with soot.

The miners worked at the face for 5 hours.

The coal miners have come out for about two weeks.

The young miner was confident of winning the girl's heart.

There is a miner attack in words but a major help in deeds.

Coal miners have to work under the ground.

The chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.

He was a miner all his working life.

windows grimed like a coal miner's goggles.

The miner staked off his claim .

The miners put some explosives in the mine, to loosen the coal.

Real-world Examples

Partly, this is because China has many miners.

Source: Global Slow English

He had been a miner and a soldier.

Source: New Standard High School English Compulsory Volume 5 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

Rescuers have also tried to contact the trapped miners.

Source: CRI Online April 2021 Collection

Mark Will's family have been tin miners for four generations.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation September 2019

So I'm going to show you the miners themselves.

Source: VOA Standard English_Life

There were 39 miners working underground.

Source: CRI Online August 2014 Collection

But it's not just miners who have it tough.

Source: Human Planet

Rescue workers in Turkey are desperately trying to reach hundreds miners trapped underground.

Source: AP Listening Compilation May 2014

The Macuxi fear the return of illegal gold miners and hunters on their lands.

Source: VOA Special April 2019 Collection

He snitched the police that Harrison was still a miner, resulting in his expulsion.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

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