SALT MINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salt mine mean? 

• SALT MINE (noun)
  The noun SALT MINE has 2 senses:

1. a mine where salt is dug

2. a job involving drudgery and confinement

  Familiarity information: SALT MINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALT MINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mine where salt is dug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("salt mine" is a kind of...):

mine (excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A job involving drudgery and confinement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

salt mine; treadmill

Hypernyms ("salt mine" is a kind of...):

business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)

 Context examples 

In this he failed, but Alexis was sent a convict to Siberia, where now, at this moment, he works in a salt mine.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)