salt mine

noun

a mine from which salt is excavated.
Usually salt mines. a place of habitual confinement and drudgery: After two weeks of vacation it will be back to the salt mines for the staff.

Origin of salt mine

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby salt mine

salt junk, salt lake, salt lake city, salt lick, salt marsh, salt mine, salt of the earth, salt of the earth, the, salt of the earth, ye are the, salt out, salt pan

Words related to salt mine

building, shop, center, facility, agency, factory, bureau, department, suite, store, room, task, industry, trial, job, production, struggle, performance, endeavor, effort

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