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  Adirondack Mountains adj.  
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adit
 
SYLLABICATION:ad·it
PRONUNCIATION:  dt
NOUN: An almost horizontal entrance to a mine.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin aditus, access, from past participle of adre, to approach : ad-, ad- + re, to go; see ei- in Appendix I.
 
 
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