salt mine

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sawlt mahyn]
- /sɔlt maɪn/
- /sɔːlt maɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawlt mahyn]
- /sɔlt maɪn/

Definitions of salt mine words

noun salt mine a mine from which salt is excavated. 1
noun salt mine Usually, salt mines. a place of habitual confinement and drudgery: After two weeks of vacation it will be back to the salt mines for the staff. 1
noun salt mine place where salt is extracted 1
noun salt mine a mine where rock salt is extracted 0

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Origin of salt mine

First appearance:

before 1675

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1675-85

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Parts of speech for Salt mine

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Salt mine

salt mine popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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