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ADIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adit mean?
• ADIT (noun)
The noun ADIT has 1 sense:
1. a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
Familiarity information: ADIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("adit" is a kind of...):
passage (a way through or along which someone or something may pass)
Holonyms ("adit" is a part of...):
mine (excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted)
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