Minery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Minery is a noun meaning (archaic) A mining business.
Meaning
(archaic) A mining business.
Example Sentences
The four mineries are clearly marked and named on the old maps; they were Priddy Minery, Chewton Minery, Harptree Minery, and West Minery, and though the maps are far from being drawn to scale, the positions of the mineries are unmistakable, for they are conspicuous to-day by the heaps of refuse and the ruins of buildings erected in the nineteenth century by the companies that extracted lead from the old slags.
Word Forms
- mineries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mineral, metal, minerall, minerogenesis, hardrock, knits.
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