adit
Americannoun
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an entrance or a passage.
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Also called entry. Mining. a nearly horizontal passage leading into a mine.
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an approach or access.
noun
Etymology
Origin of adit
1595–1605; < Latin aditus an approach, equivalent to ad- ad- + -i- (stem of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action
Example Sentences
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Some 238mm of rain was measured at Sloy Main Adit in Argyll and Bute between 9am on 17 January 1974 and 9am the following day.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023
The release occurred above Adit 6, a passageway at the mauka end of the Red Hill facility, according to DOH, which said it was notified of the leak at about 3 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022
Excavation work at Adit 3 was possibly completed by May, it said.
From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2022
“Everything we are seeing says people are definitely going to be traveling,” said Adit Damodaran, an economist for Hopper.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2021
Adit, ad′it, n. an opening or passage, esp. into a mine.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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