Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salt mine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: salt mine
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any mine used for the extraction of salt.

noun

Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.

noun

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).

Derogatory

Example Sentences

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

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

salt mines (plural) saltmine (alternative)

Phrases

salt the mine

Frequently Paired Words

coalface salt the mine

Synonyms

treadmill

Questions

What does salt mine mean?: Any mine used for the extraction of salt.

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