miner
Pluralminers
- 1Someone whose job is digging coal, metal, or other materials out of the ground.
Like a person who digs for buried treasure, but they dig for coal or metal.
The miner put on his helmet before going underground.
Her grandfather worked as a coal miner for thirty years.
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- 2Someone who uses computers to earn new digital coins by solving hard math problems.
Like a gold digger, but instead of digging dirt, the computer solves puzzles for digital money.
The miner upgraded his graphics cards to earn more coins.
Some miners run their machines all night to win rewards.
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- 3A computer program or machine that makes new digital coins.
Like a machine that prints money, except it has to solve a puzzle first.
She installed a miner on her old laptop.
He bought a powerful miner to set up in his garage.
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- 4A soldier who sets up and handles explosive mines and similar bombs.
Like a person who plants and removes hidden traps, but the traps are bombs.
The miner carefully buried the explosive along the road.
Each miner was trained to disarm enemy devices safely.
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- 5A noisy Australian bird in the honeyeater family that feeds on nectar.
Like a small, bossy bird that pushes the others away from its food.
A miner chased the smaller birds away from the blossoms.
Several miners squabbled loudly in the eucalyptus tree.
- 6A type of Australian bird, one of four kinds in the honeyeater family found only there.
Like a bird that lives in a big family group and guards its home together.
The miner sang loudly from the top of the wattle.
Young miners followed the adults across the open woodland.
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- 7A small South American bird that lives on the ground and digs burrows for its nest.
Like a bird that digs into the dirt to make its home, the way a mole does.
The miner scratched at the dry soil looking for insects.
We spotted a miner darting across the open plain.
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Origins
From "mine" plus "-er", meaning someone who works in a mine.
A form of "myna".