About The Word Adit
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Adit
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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 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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