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salt mine

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Françaismine de sel
DeutschSalzbergwerkSalzmine
Italianosalina
12 more languages
BosanskiTuzla
Ελληνικάαλατωρυχείο
Suomisuolakaivos
HrvatskiTuzla
Magyarsóbánya
Հայերենաղահանք
Nederlandszoutmijn
Polskikopalnia solisalina
Românăsalină
Русскийсоляна́я копьсоляна́я ша́хта
СрпскиTuzla
Türkçememlehatuzla

Examples

“The fan forum was an absolute salt mine after the football team's loss to the last-place team in its division.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

salt of amber salt of colcothar salt of hartshorn salt of lemon salt of Saturn salt of soda

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