English Explanatory Dictionary

salt mine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any mine used for the extraction of salt.
  2. Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.
  3. An abundance of indignation felt by one person or a group of people due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, disappointment, or defeat; a gold mine (sense 3) of salt (noun sense 11).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-salt mine.wav

Word forms

salt mine salt mines saltmine

Related words

coalface salt the mine
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