Adit

[ædit]

Definition

(noun.) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.

Checker: Yale--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.

(n.) Admission; approach; access.

Edited by Augustus

Definition

n. an opening or passage esp. into a mine.

Typist: Shelby