MINER
What does "MINER" mean?
A person who works in a mine extracting coal, ore, or other minerals from the earth.
Meanings
- A worker who digs in a mine to extract coal, metal ore, or minerals. The miners descended in the cage at dawn.
- A computer or person that performs cryptocurrency mining by validating transactions. The bitcoin miner ran around the clock. technical
Did you know?
- The phrase 'canary in a coal mine' is literal history: miners carried caged canaries underground because the birds collapsed from poison gas long before humans noticed it, giving the men time to escape.
Word origin
From Old French 'minier' / 'mineur' (one who mines), from 'mine' (an ore deposit or excavation), of Celtic or Gaulish origin; not related to 'minor' despite the identical sound.
Remember it
A MINER digs in a MINE; the extra R is the Rock they bring up. (A MINOR with an O is just young.)
A little poem
He goes down into the dark to bring up light-
the coal that warms the rooms he'll never see,
his face the last to feel the morning sun.
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Wordplay
- The young miner couldn't sign the contract alone - turns out he was both a miner and a minor.
What it teaches
Some go down into the dark so the rest can live in the light.
Quick facts
What does MINER mean?
A person who works in a mine extracting coal, ore, or other minerals from the earth.
Is MINER a valid word?
Yes — MINER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MINER?
MINER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MINER come from?
From Old French 'minier' / 'mineur' (one who mines), from 'mine' (an ore deposit or excavation), of Celtic or Gaulish origin; not related to 'minor' despite the identical sound.
What can MINER teach us?
Some go down into the dark so the rest can live in the light.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.