Minecraft

proper noun

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/ / /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/ / /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːft/

Etymology: From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.

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.”
“Chlorine blue, bordered in forest green and looking out onto a Grecian gazebo, the pool was composed of hundreds of ceramic kitchen tiles, like a Minecraft version of C.Z. Guest’s once-upon-a-time world.”

Etymology: From mine + -craft.

A warship which lays naval mines.
“Each was marked by lighted dan buoys spaced at one-mile intervals, laid by Fairmile motor launches of the Royal Navy, which followed immediately behind the minecraft.”
“By the end of May 8 the Japanese had lost one light carrier, a destroyer and several minecrafts. One large carrier had to be retired from the battle and sent home for repairs. The U.S. losses included one destroyer and an oiler, ...”

Etymology: From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.

To play the video game Minecraft.
“In the fullness of time, we can confirm that consumers do generally prefer metaverse platforms named after verbs, or at least strongly imply them: Minecrafting, building blocks and forts in Roblox and Fortnite, VRChat-ing, and so on.”
“First we mine, then we craft. Let’s Minecraft!”