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Minecraft.

A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items, build structures, fight mobs to get experience points, enchant items and defeat bosses to earn rewards.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/General-American/ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/Australia/ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːft/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items, build structures, fight mobs to get experience points, enchant items and defeat bosses to earn rewards.

    Sam has beaten the Ender Dragon twice, killed the wither thrice, obtained netherite armor and built an obsidian fort in Minecraft.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English mine Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English Minecraft From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.

verb/ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/General-American/ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/Australia/ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːft/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To play the video game Minecraft.

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English mine Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English Minecraft From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.

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