1. Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques
   - mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore dressing, beneficiation

Type of: extraction

• zero-sum
• zero-sum game
• zero-tolerance policy
• zeroth
• zeroth law of thermodynamics
• zest
• zester
• zestful
• zestfully
• zestfulness
• zestily
• Zestril
• zesty
• zeta
• Zetland
• zettabit
• zettabyte
• zeugma
• Zeus
• Zeus faber
• Zhou
• Zhou dynasty
• Zhou En-lai
• Zhu Jiang
• Zhuang