Words / B1

MYN-uh/ˈmaɪnə/

A miner works underground taking coal, metal, or stone. Mine is already in the dictionary (the place / the verb). Mining is the industry (also in this set). NHS: former miners at the chest clinic.

Meaning

A person who works underground to take coal, metal, or stone from the earth.

Examples

• “Former miners queued at the chest clinic after the screening letter.”
• “A data miner is the computing sense — rare in B1 local news.”

Good to know

a miner. Place: a mine. Industry: mining. Health / industrial history. Countable workers. Mix-up: minor (small / under 18).

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