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salt mines

salt mines is the plural of salt mine.

Meaning of salt mine

Noun

salt mine (plural salt mines)

  1. Any mine used for the extraction of salt.
  2. (broadly) Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.
  3. (Internet, derogatory) 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.

Questions about salt mines

What is salt mines the plural of?
Salt mines is the plural of salt mine.

Words near salt mines in the dictionary

  1. salt marsh moths
  2. salt marshes
  3. salt meat
  4. salt meats
  5. salt mine
  6. salt mines
  7. salt myrtle
  8. salt of amber
  9. salt of colcothar
  10. salt of hartshorn
  11. salt of lemon

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