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MINESHAFT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mineshaft mean?
• MINESHAFT (noun)
The noun MINESHAFT has 1 sense:
1. excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
Familiarity information: MINESHAFT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mineshaft" is a kind of...):
excavation (a hole in the ground made by excavating)
Holonyms ("mineshaft" is a part of...):
mine (excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted)
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