noun
Meaning 1
Any mine used for the extraction of salt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Phrase guide
salt mine
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noun
Meaning 2
Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory
Examples
- 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
Meaning 4
a job involving drudgery and confinement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treadmill
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: occupation, business, job, line of work, line
noun
Meaning 5
a mine where salt is dug
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mine
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: աղահանք (aġahankʻ) — mine
- Dutch: zoutmijn — mine
- Estonian: soolakaevandus — mine
- Finnish: suolakaivos — mine
- French: mine de sel — mine
- German: Salzbergwerk — mine
- Greek: αλατωρυχείο (alatorycheío) — mine
- Hungarian: sóbánya — mine
- Italian: salina — mine
- Persian: معدن نمک (ma'dan-e namak) — mine
- Polish: salina — mine
- Polish: kopalnia soli — mine
- Romanian: salină — mine
- Russian: соляна́я копь (soljanája kopʹ) — mine
- Russian: соляна́я ша́хта (soljanája šáxta) — mine
- Swedish: saltgruva — mine
- Turkish: tuzla — mine
- Turkish: tuz madeni — mine
- Ukrainian: соляна́ ша́хта (soljaná šáxta) — mine
- Uyghur: تۇز كانى (tuz kani) — mine