adit
See also: adīt, -adit, and -ádit
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aditus (“entrance, access”), from ad (“to, up to”) + itus (“going, departure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.dɪt/
Noun
adit (plural adits)
- A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
- 2006, Mike Hetman, IronMiners.com :
- The Old Mine is currently entered through an upper adit as the main is no longer accessible.
- 2008, Iain M. Banks, Matter, page 445:
- The adit sloped downwards into the bowels of some long-fallen building, following a passage that had silted up when the city had first been buried.
- 2006, Mike Hetman, IronMiners.com :
Translations
a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
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References
- adit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- DITA, dati
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.dit/, [ˈa.dɪt]
Verb
adit
- third-person singular present active indicative of adeō