salt mine
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salt mine
noun salt mines · saltmine
- Any mine used for the extraction of salt.
- Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.
- 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). The fan forum was an absolute salt mine after the football team's loss to the last-place team in its division.
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noun mine
| Français | mine de sel |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Salzbergwerk |
| Italiano | salina |
| Ελληνικά | αλατωρυχείο alatorycheío |
| Română | salină |
| Русский | соляна́я копь soljanája kopʹ, соляна́я ша́хта soljanája šáxta |
Talk about this word "salt mine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/salt%20mine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. salt mine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/salt%20mine "salt mine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/salt%20mine.
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@misc{salt_mine_2026,
title = {salt mine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salt%20mine},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
