Mine vs. Quarry

Minepronoun

My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.

Minepronoun

Used predicatively.

Minepronoun

Used substantively, with an implied noun.

Minepronoun

Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.

Minepronoun

(archaic) Used attributively after the noun it modifies.

Minepronoun

(archaic) Used attributively before a vowel.

Minenoun

An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

Minenoun

(figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.

Minenoun

(military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.

Minenoun

(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.

Minenoun

(pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.

Minenoun

(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.

Minenoun

(computing) A machine used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.

Minenoun

alternative form of mien

Mineverb

(ambitransitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.

Mineverb

To dig into, for ore or metal.

Mineverb

(transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).

Mineverb

(transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

Mineverb

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.

Mineverb

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

Mineverb

(slang) To pick one's nose.

Mineverb

(computing) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

Minenoun

See Mien.

Minenoun

A subterranean cavity or passage

Minenoun

Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.

Minenoun

A rich source of wealth or other good.

Minenoun

An explosive device placed concealed in a location, on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles. A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo{2} (a)) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo{3}), usually buried, is called a land mine.

Minepronoun

Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel.

Mineverb

To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.

Mineverb

To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.

Mineverb

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

Mineverb

To dig into, for ore or metal.

Mineverb

To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.

Minenoun

excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

Minenoun

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

Mineverb

get from the earth by excavation;

Mineverb

lay mines;

Quarrynoun

(mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.

Quarrynoun

A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.

Quarrynoun

(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.

Quarrynoun

(countable) An object of search or pursuit.

Quarrynoun

A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

Quarryverb

(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

Quarryverb

To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

Quarryverb

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Quarrynoun

Same as 1st Quarrel.

Quarrynoun

A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

Quarrynoun

The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

Quarrynoun

A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).

Quarryadjective

Quadrate; square.

Quarryverb

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Quarryverb

To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

Quarrynoun

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

Quarrynoun

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;

Quarrynoun

animal hunted or caught for food

Quarryverb

extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry;

Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impact.The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.