MINESHAFT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)