Adit Definition

ădĭt
noun
An almost horizontal entrance to a mine.
American Heritage
An approach or entrance; specif., an almost horizontal passageway into a mine.
Webster's New World

A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine as contrasted to a shaft which is a vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.

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Other Word Forms of Adit

Noun

Singular:
adit
Plural:
adits

Origin of Adit

  • Latin aditus access from past participle of adīre to approach ad- ad- īre to go ei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Latin aditus ("entrance, access"), from ad (“to, up to”) + itus (“going, departure”).

    From Wiktionary

Adit Sentence Examples

  • Either may be used for drainage of the mine workings, in which case it becomes an adit.

  • What was even more puzzling was that the noise was coming from below him in the old abandoned adit.

  • I also feel that the deep adit is probably flooded to above roof level.

  • About 83 fathoms further west the Bog shaft is drained by the same adit " .

  • It is possible to enter this adit wading through the water and penetrate the old workings for a considerable distance.

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Words Starting With

AADADI

Words Ending With

TITDIT

Unscrambles

adit

Words Starting With A and Ending With T

Starts With A & Ends With TStarts With AD & Ends With TStarts With A & Ends With IT

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With A4 Letter Words Ending With T