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)

  1. 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.

Translations

References
  • adit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

adit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of adeō
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