Associations to the word «Mineshaft»

Wiktionary

MINESHAFT, noun. A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.

Dictionary definition

MINESHAFT, noun. Excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope