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Wednesday word: adit

adit: [ad-it]

noun:

1. An entrance or passageway

2. In mining jargon, a horizontal passage leading into a mine shaft.


3. An approach or access.



Etymology:  First known use, 1595-1605. From Latin aditus meaning "an approach."