mining
/ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "gold mining"
- "His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable."
- "[…] the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation."
- "Kazakhstan became last year the world’s second-largest centre for bitcoin mining after the United States, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, after China clamped down on crypto mining activity."