What is another word for adit?

Pronunciation: [ˈadɪt] (IPA)

Adit is a term used for horizontal entrances to a mine or a tunnel usually made to access underground deposits of coal, minerals, or other resources. Instead of using adit repeatedly, there are some synonyms such as entryway, tunnel, portal, or mine entrance. The entrance to a mine is usually the way miners utilize to extract metals or other materials. An adit could be long or short and had a specific direction, but it is commonly straight, particularly when it is built from the surface to the deposit location. Some adits are drilled at an upward angle, following a mineral formation beneath the ground.

Synonyms for Adit:

What are the hypernyms for Adit?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Adit?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for adit (as nouns)

What are the holonyms for Adit?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.
  • holonyms for adit (as nouns)

What are the antonyms for Adit?

Usage examples for Adit

81, 82:- At rex sollicitus monstris oracula Fauni, Fatidici genitoris, adit.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The three men would lower themselves by rope-ladders-I reckon old Leggo had learnt the trick of it in by-gone days when the Free-traders used the adit-and get down upon a strip of firm shingle at the inner end of the cave; and there Sam Leggo would hold the lantern while his father and Phil Cara blazed away.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
"I must get Leggo to show me that adit this very afternoon.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch

Related words: adit c, adit c

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