Adit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  adit \ad"it\ ([a^]d"[i^]t), n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, aditum, 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}.


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     2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
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              Yourself and yours shall have
              Free adit.                            --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adit
       n : a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "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