adit
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈædɪt/
- Specialized
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adito
- According to what's happening in ESA, actually this adit will be imposed in the specification prior to your proposal.
Examples
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The miners used the adit as a route for bringing supplies and removing waste from the underground shafts.
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Somewhere in the old adit, the rock had fallen, pushing out the air as if from a balloon down a straw.
Fiction book (1994) -
Or an adit of the Pnume.
Fiction book (1993) -
This time, he went farther than he and the twins had ever gone, deep into the adit.
Fiction book (1994) -
To reach the deeper parts of the mine, they had to descend through the adit carved into the mountainside.
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Ventilation shafts were installed in the adit to ensure a steady flow of fresh air to the working areas of the mine.
Synonyms
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7.2
A nearly flat tunnel in a mine for access and moving minerals
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4.5
A passage that brings fresh air into mines and tunnels
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8.8
A nearly horizontal tunnel dug underground for miners to move through
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Etymology
The word adit comes from the Latin aditus, which means 'entrance' and has the part ad- meaning 'to'. So an adit is literally a nearly level 'way in' to a mine, the tunnel people use to go in, let water out, or bring air down underground.