Home › Words › M › minestoneminestoneminestone · noun — the solid residual material resulting from the mining of coal.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom mine + stone.nounThe solid residual material resulting from the mining of coal.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coalwash 62% match — A granular waste product from coal processing vs minestone →coaldust 61% match — The dust of coal. vs minestone →coalmining 61% match — The mining of coal. vs minestone →culm 60% match — Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel. vs minestone →tailings 59% match — The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining. vs minestone →coke 59% match — Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel. vs minestone →minework 58% match — The work carried out in a mine. vs minestone →lithanthrax 58% match — mineral coal vs minestone →