countermine
English
noun
Definitions
- A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.
- An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
- A stratagem or plot by which another stratagem or project is defeated.
Etymology
Prefix from English mine.
Origin
English
mine
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimine English
- coalmine English
- intermine English
- ironmine English
- megamine English
- minability English
- minable English
- mine English
- mineable English
- minecar English
- minecart English
- minecraft English
- minefield English
- mineful English
- minehunter English
- minehunting English
- minelayer English
- mineless English
- minelife English
- minelike English
- mineowner English
- miner English
- mineshaft English
- minesite English
- minesweeper English
- minesweeping English
- minework English
- mineworker English
- mineworking English
- miny English
- overmine English
- pre-mine English
- premine English
- remine English
- undermine English
- min Middle English
- mayın Turkish
- မိုင်း Burmese
- maina Maori
- miny
- mine
- miner
- remine
- minable
- mineful
- minecar
- premine
- megamine
- pre-mine
- minesite
- minelike
- mineable
- minelife
- minecart
- antimine
- overmine
- coalmine
- ironmine
- mineless
- minework
- minelayer
- undermine
- mineshaft
- mineowner
- minecraft
- intermine
- minefield
- minability
- minehunter
- mineworker
- mineworking
- minesweeper
- minehunting
- minesweeping