mine
Belongs to me
Mine combines two jobs in one; to take the place of a noun or noun phrase already named, and to indicate that the thing referred to belongs to or is associated with you: If your car is still in the shop you can use mine.
These two jobs give mine and other words in its class the designation “possessive pronoun.”
Metal-bearing rock
- veinVessel toward heart
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
coal · iron · diamond · platinum · nickel · zinc · lead · tin
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- pitFruit's hard seed
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
dig · drill · excavate · burrow · adit · gallery · stope · drift
One seeking valuable deposits
- collierUnderground fuel extractor
- pitmanUnderground mine worker
- drillerOne who bores holes
- blasterEnergy-shooting firearm
foreman · geologist · surveyor · canary · headlamp · hardhat · pickaxe · shovel
Scottish great sword
- antipersonnelDesigned to injure people
- booby trapHidden device to harm
- IEDMakeshift explosive weapon
- tripwireConcealed activation cord
detonator · pressure plate · sweeper · detection · clearance · unexploded · buried · concealed
First-person possessive
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- belongingsThings you possess
- personalRelating to one's self
- proprietaryLegally owned, restricted use
inherited · yours · theirs · ours · claim · entitlement · exclusive · private
ore
Metal-bearing rock
copper · coal · iron · diamond · platinum · nickel · zinc · lead · tin · bauxite
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
underground · dig · drill · excavate · burrow · adit · gallery · stope · drift · crosscut
prospector
One seeking valuable deposits
blaster · foreman · geologist · surveyor · canary · headlamp · hardhat · pickaxe · shovel · jackhammer
claymore
Scottish great sword
- antipersonnelDesigned to injure people
- booby trapHidden device to harm
- IEDMakeshift explosive weapon
tripwire · detonator · pressure plate · sweeper · detection · clearance · unexploded · buried · concealed · trigger
my
First-person possessive
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- belongingsThings you possess
- personalRelating to one's self
proprietary · inherited · yours · theirs · ours · claim · entitlement · exclusive · private
cave-in
Underground passage collapse
black lung · silicosis · flooding · trapped · rescue · disaster · accident · hazard · safety · fatality
- long vowel wordslong a, long e, long i, long o, long u
- earth-relatedrock, stone, sand, mud, dirt
- military equipmenttanks, assault rifle, missiles, grenade, submarines
- mininggold, coal, oil, shafts, silver
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- excavationdig, excavation, excavating, excavator, digging