Mined
[maind]
Definition
(adj.) extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth .
Editor: Omar--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Mine
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Examples
- Wouldn't you think it was mined ahead or that there was a trap? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- China has hitherto mined only on a small scale. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- About 260,000,000 tons of coal are annually mined in Britain, the value being over $300,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was of such rich character that, being cheaply mined by greatly improved and inexpensive methods, the market price of crude ore of like iron units fell from about $6. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It's probably mined, Bonello said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The immense veins of magnetic ore lie close to the surface and are mined or quarried by working along a series of benches or ledges. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It won't be mined to blow up with one man. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When ore is mined, it contains in addition to the desired metal many other substances. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The manufacture of soap, glass, bleaching powders, baking powders, washing soda, and other chemicals depends on salt, and it is for these that the salt beds are mined. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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