noun
- a horizontal entrance or passage into a mine
Usage: mining
Examples
- The miners entered the coal mine through the main adit.
- Water was draining from the old adit that had been abandoned decades ago.
- The adit provided ventilation for the underground workings.
- Engineers surveyed the adit before beginning excavation work.
- The narrow adit led deep into the mountainside.
- Heavy machinery was transported through the wide adit.