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Miner

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A surname
  3. A person who works in a mine.
  4. Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
  5. A minor city in Mississippi County and Scott County, Missouri, United States.
  6. A minor city in Mississippi County and Scott County, Missouri, United States
  7. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
  8. Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
  9. Any bird of one of several species of Australian honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
  10. Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
  11. A person who mines cryptocurrency.

Equivalents

Españolminero
FrançaisminerMineur
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Examples

“Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner
The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.”
Hui from Lin’an—especially those from the village of Huilongwere famously skilled miners and traveled long distances to work mines throughout the province.”
Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.”
The move would have probably prevented Kazakhstan-based miners from accessing the bitcoin network.”
The first miner to solve each puzzle would be awarded 50 new bitcoins, and the associated block of transactions would be added to the chain. The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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