ALL meanings of miner
min·er
M m - noun miner Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores. 1
- noun miner a mechanical device used in mining: a miner for extracting ores from the ocean floor. 1
- noun miner any of several Australian birds of the genus Manorina, feeding on honey and typically having a loud call. 1
- noun miner any of various insect larvae that create tunnels in the parenchyma of leaves. 1
- noun miner (formerly) a person who places or lays military or naval mines. 1
- noun miner mine worker 1
- noun miner coalminer 1
- noun miner A person who works in a mine. 1
- countable noun miner A miner is a person who works underground in mines in order to obtain minerals such as coal, diamonds, or gold. 0
- noun miner a person who works in a mine 0
- noun miner a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine 0
- noun miner any of various insects or insect larvae that bore into and feed on plant tissues 0
- noun miner any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions 0
- noun miner a person whose work is digging coal, ore, etc. in a mine 0
- noun miner a soldier who mines enemy installations, etc. 0