Coal-miner
41miner — UK US /ˈmaɪnər/ noun [C] ► NATURAL RESOURCES a person who works in a mine: »Six miners were trapped underground. »a coal/gold miner ● miners Cf. miners …
42miner — [mīn′ər] n. [ME minour < OFr < miner, to MINE2] 1. a person whose work is digging coal, ore, etc. in a mine 2. Archaic a soldier who mines enemy installations, etc …
43miner's lung — coal workers pneumoconiosis …
44Coal mining — Men leaving a UK colliery at the close of a shift Surface coal mining in Wyo …
45Coal breaker — A coal breaking plant, depicted on a postcard in 1907. A coal breaker was a coal processing plant which broke coal into various useful sizes. Coal breakers also removed impurities from the coal (typically slate) and deposited them into a culm… …
46Coal Strike of 1902 — The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. The strike… …
47Coal House — For the building constructed of coal, see Coal House (Williamson, West Virginia). Coal House Stack Square was where the Coal House series was filmed Format …
48coal — noun 1 black mineral ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, smokeless ▪ hard ▪ soft ▪ brown ▪ bituminous …
49miner — min|er [ˈmaınə US ər] n someone who works under the ground in a mine to remove coal, gold etc coal/gold etc miner ▪ a strike by coal miners …
50miner — /muy neuhr/, n. 1. Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, esp. a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores. 2. a mechanical device used in mining: a miner for extracting ores from the ocean floor. 3. any of several Australian …
