Collocations for "mine"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mine" in context.
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mine
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [coal, gold, diamond, salt, copper] mine
- worked [in, down] the [coal] mines
- [digging, excavating, drilling] in the mine
- [open, close] a mine (in)
- is a mine of [information, trivia]
- a [rich, walking, veritable] mine of [information]
- [diffuse, spot, deactivate] a land mine
- the [jeep, truck, tank] ran over a (land) mine
- mine for [gold, silver, iron]
- mine in [Colorado]
- mine responsibly
- mine the [mountain, hill, ground]
- mine the [mountain] [dry, out]
- mine to [make, produce, provide]
- mine [information, data, bitcoins]
- mine [sources, references, the Internet] (for information)
'mine' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acquaintance
- addiction
- akin
- associate
- beloved
- big
- cage
- cave
- child
- classmate
- close
- coal
- colleague
- copper
- cousin
- dear
- diamond
- different
- double
- dwarf
- excess
- familiar
- fantasy
- favorite
- friend
- goal
- gold
- guess
- hardship
- hero
- intimate
- iron
- king
- like
- pal
- pigeon
- pleasure
- prospect
- pupil
- raw
- reef
- relation
- relative
- roommate
- salt
- standing
- those
- tin
- trivial
- worker