Meaning

noun excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

noun explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

verb get from the earth by excavation

originFrom Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.

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