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adit
n. entrance (especially horizontal passage into mine)

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Adit
An adit is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, and ventilated.

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adit
Noun
1. a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
(hypernym) passage
(part-holonym) mine


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adit
nm. adit

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Adit
(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.
  

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