| adit |
an entrance or means of access, esp. a more or less horizontal passageway that leads into a mine. |
| afterdamp |
a suffocating gas or mixture of gases that remains in a mine after a methane explosion or fire. |
| airway |
a passage for ventilation, as in a mine. [1/3 definitions] |
| bonanza |
a rich vein of valuable ore in a mine. [1/2 definitions] |
| breaker1 |
a heavy ocean wave that breaks into foam on the shore or at sea. |
| cave-in |
a collapse inward, as of the walls of an underground mine. |
| claymore mine |
a mine, planted in the ground, that is designed to explode in a fanlike array of fragments in the path of an enemy force. |
| colliery |
a coal mine, esp. in Great Britain, including the buildings and equipment associated with it. |
| crater |
a similar depression in the surface of the earth or other heavenly bodies caused by the impact of falling meteorites or the explosion of a mine or bomb. [1/3 definitions] |
| crib |
a supporting framework used in construction or in mine or well shafts. [1/12 definitions] |
| damp |
unbreathable gas in a mine. [1/8 definitions] |
| defuse |
to remove the fuse from (a bomb, mine, or other explosive device). [1/2 definitions] |
| habilitate |
to provide (a mine) with working capital and equipment. [1/2 definitions] |
| magnetic mine |
a marine mine designed to explode when its magnetic needle responds to the mass of a nearby ship. |
| mea culpa |
(Latin) the fault is mine; I am to blame. |
| mine2 |
a kind of bomb hidden in the ground or in water. A mine is set off by putting pressure on it or by lighting its fuse. [2/5 definitions] |
| miner |
a person whose job is to obtain coal or other minerals from a mine. |
| mining |
the act or business of digging up coal, ore, or other minerals in a mine. |
| muck |
to remove muck from (a mine shaft or other place) (usu. fol. by "out"). [1/7 definitions] |
| primer2 |
a cap or other small vessel filled with an explosive and used to ignite the powder of a gun or mine. [1/3 definitions] |
| safety lamp |
a miner's lamp that has a protective wire gauze around the flame to keep it from igniting gases present in a mine. |