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Adit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An almost horizontal entrance to a mine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine as contrasted to a shaft which is a vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.

n. Admission; approach; access.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An entrance or a passage; specifically, in mining, a nearly horizontal excavation, or drift (which see), specially used to conduct from the interior to the surface the water which either comes into the workings from above or is pumped up from below.

n. Milit., a passage under ground by which miners approach the part they intend to sap. Wilhelm, Mil. Diet. Admission; access; approach.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine

Word Usage

"The "adit" -- or water-conducting -- level by which the spot was reached commenced at the cliffs, on a level with the seashore, and ran into the interior until it reached the old mine, about"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

passage

Variant

drift tunnel

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

admission approach access

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