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Adit

Adit Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Adit? [n] a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine Synonyms \| Synonyms for Adit: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Adit: access \| admission \| admittance \| air lock \| approach \| channel \| conduit \| corridor \| course \| ditch \| duct \| egress \| entrance \| entranceway \| entree \| entry \| entryway \| exit \| gangplank \| gangway \| hall \| in \| ingress \| inlet \| intake \| means of access \| opening \| passage \| passageway \| trench \| trough \| troughing \| troughway \| tunnel \| vestibule \| way \| way in See Also \| mine \| passage Adit In Webster's Dictionary \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. 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}. 2. Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson.

Adit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adit?

[n] a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adit:

See Also | mine | passage

Adit In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad +
ire to go.]
1. 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}.

2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]

         Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson.

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