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min·er

miner

 
pronunciation:
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part of speech: noun
definition: A miner is a person whose job is to work in a mine. Miners remove things like coal or diamonds or metals such as iron, copper, and gold from a mine.
Tim's father is a miner who works at a copper mine.
 
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