mining

Other forms of mining

plural

minings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mining

What does mining mean?

mining means "the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mining?

mining has 2 syllables: mi-ning. The stress falls on "mi". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/.

What is another word for mining?

Close synonyms include excavation, minelaying. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mining a common word?

mining is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.