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salt mine

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun salt mine has 2 senses
  1. salt mine - a mine where salt is dug
    --1 is a kind of
    mine
  2. treadmill, salt mine - a job involving drudgery and confinement
    --2 is a kind of occupation, business, job, line of work, line

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Salt Mine

Definition

A salt mine is a mine from which salt is extracted. It is a location where salt deposits are found underground and are extracted through mining processes.

Senses and Usages

1. Noun - Place for Salt Extraction

In this sense, a salt mine refers to a physical location where salt is extracted from underground deposits. Salt mines can be vast underground caverns or open pit mines.

Example sentence: The salt mine in Wieliczka, Poland, is visited by thousands of tourists each year.

2. Noun - Source of Salt

This sense refers to a natural source or reserve of salt.

Example sentence: The dried-up ancient salt mine is now considered a historical site.

3. Adjective - Hugely Productive

When used as an adjective, a salt mine describes something that is very productive or abundant.

Example sentence: That company is a salt mine of ideas for innovative products.

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