minecraft

[mahyn-kraft, ‐-krahft]

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noun

a type of warship for sweeping mines at sea.

Trademark.

Minecraft. a brand name for a sandbox video game with construction, crafting, exploration, and combat mechanics, available on many game platforms.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of minecraft¹

1925–30; minecraft for def. 1, mine ² (in the sense “an underwater explosive”) + craft ( def. ); minecraft for def. 2, mine ² ( def. ) (in the sense “to dig, extract ore”) + craft ( def. ); coined in 2009 by Markus Persson , Swedish video game programmer and designer of the game.

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A seven-year-old Minecraft fan has a won a festival poetry competition for children.

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Judge and poet Luke Wright said: "I love the fact he chose the language he feels comfortable with, the language of Minecraft. The best thing to do is write about something you love, which is why this is so excellent."

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One person with a headstart is 24-year-old Abdulrahman Rashd, a developer who started designing maps when he was 12 for “Minecraft,” the smash-hit creative building game, and later sold them on the game’s marketplace.

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It's all as lots of firms are cutting jobs, with people spending less on new games and instead playing long-running titles like Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto and Minecraft.

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That made it the second highest opening of 2025 so far after A Minecraft Movie, Variety reported, and broke the record for the Memorial Day weekend in the US.

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