Wondering how to use Mineshaft in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as excavation.
Mineshaft in a sentence
Mineshaft meaning
A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.
Synonyms of Mineshaft
Using Mineshaft
- The main meaning on this page is: A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.
- Useful related words include: excavation.
Context around Mineshaft
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mineshaft
- In this selection, "mineshaft" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, abandoned stand out and add context to how "mineshaft" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an abandoned mineshaft and grenades and in a mineshaft of 8mg. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mineshaft" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mineshaft
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They were herded into the forest, pushed into an abandoned mineshaft and grenades were then hurled into the mineshaft. (19 words)
Work on the access arrangements at Walkden Station is delayed due to the discovery of a mineshaft on site. (19 words)
The report noted that a mean dust concentration in a mineshaft of 8mg/m would yield a probability of 0.2 that a healthy miner would contract pneumoconiosis; doubling this concentration to 16mg/m would see this probability almost quadruple to 0.7. (43 words)
The report noted that a mean dust concentration in a mineshaft of 8mg/m would yield a probability of 0.2 that a healthy miner would contract pneumoconiosis; doubling this concentration to 16mg/m would see this probability almost quadruple to 0.7. (43 words)
They were herded into the forest, pushed into an abandoned mineshaft and grenades were then hurled into the mineshaft. (19 words)
Work on the access arrangements at Walkden Station is delayed due to the discovery of a mineshaft on site. (19 words)
Example sentences (3)
They were herded into the forest, pushed into an abandoned mineshaft and grenades were then hurled into the mineshaft.
Work on the access arrangements at Walkden Station is delayed due to the discovery of a mineshaft on site.
The report noted that a mean dust concentration in a mineshaft of 8mg/m would yield a probability of 0.2 that a healthy miner would contract pneumoconiosis; doubling this concentration to 16mg/m would see this probability almost quadruple to 0.7.