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}. [1913 Webster] 2. Admission; approach; access. [R.] [1913 Webster] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 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
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