mining

Plural: minings

Noun

• The process or business of extracting minerals from the earth.
• the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
• laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment
• The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
• Any activity that extracts or undermines.
• The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
• Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.

Verb

• get from the earth by excavation
• lay mines
• present participle and gerund of mine

Examples

• Finding a high-scoring word is like MINING for gold on the Scrabble board.
• gold mining
• His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.

Synonyms

excavation, mine, minelaying