Meanings
nounsalt mine (plural salt mines)
plural salt mines · alternative saltmine
- Any mine used for the extraction of salt.
- InternetderogatoryAn 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque gatzaga
- gatzagamine
Dutch zoutmijn
- zoutmijnmine
Estonian soolakaevandus
- soolakaevandusmine
Finnish suolakaivos
- suolakaivosmine
French mine de sel
- mine de selmine
German Salzbergwerk
- Salzbergwerkmine
Greek αλατωρυχείο
- αλατωρυχείο (alatorycheío)mine
Hungarian sóbánya
- sóbányamine
Italian salina
- salinamine
Persian معدن نمک
- معدن نمک (ma'dan-e namak)mine
Polish salina, kopalnia soli
- salinamine
- kopalnia solimine
Romanian salină
- salinămine
Russian соляна́я копь, соляна́я ша́хта
- соляна́я копь (soljanája kopʹ)mine
- соляна́я ша́хта (soljanája šáxta)mine
Swedish saltgruva
- saltgruvamine
Turkish tuzla, tuz madeni
- tuzlamine
- tuz madenimine
Ukrainian соляна́ ша́хта
- соляна́ ша́хта (soljaná šáxta)mine
Cite this entry
APA
salt mine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20mine
MLA
“salt mine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20mine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salt mine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20mine.
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