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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"As soon as you go in through that adit, you could literally be back in the 1800s," he said.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2021
Once the tunnel was in use, the adit served as a ventilation shaft.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2021
Garrett Wake, Division of Minerals southern Nevada chief, classified Roman’s home as an adit - a horizontal opening in a hillside that he said didn’t present much of a danger.
From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2019
Lina points to a low tunnel leading off the main passage, an access adit perhaps two feet high.
From The New Yorker • May 23, 2019
In this case the winzes would have been full of water, like the great shaft, up to the level of the adit, which would run off the surplus to the beach.
From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville
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