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adit (ad′it)

noun

an approach or entrance; specif., an almost horizontal passageway into a mine

Etymology: L aditus, pp. of adire, to approach < ad-, to + ire, to go: see exit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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