salt mine

collocation in English

meaningsofSALTandmine

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salt
noun[U]
uk
/sɒlt/us
/sɑːlt/
abbreviation for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks: a series of discussions between the US and the USSR that took place from 1969 to 1979 and aimed to limit the number of ...
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mine
noun[C]
uk
/maɪn/us
/maɪn/
a hole or system of holes in the ground where substances such as coal, metal, and salt ...
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(Definition ofsaltandminefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Recently, a second novel species was isolated from rock salt pieces that were obtained 3 days after blasting operations from the samesaltmine.
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The tremor was caused by the sudden collapse of an abandonedsaltmine.
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He soon plugged for thesaltmine-type disposal, so that the salt crystals have a self-filling, backfill role to play.
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I find myself in charge of asaltmine, shirt manufacturing and just about anything else he cares to mention.
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Although the trackage is still in place, the rocksaltmineno longer uses rail.
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Permission was not granted by the owners of thesaltmine.
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This was not a naturally-occurring whirlpool, but a man-made disaster caused by breaking through the roof of asaltmine.
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There has been some success in panning for gold in the vicinity, beryl can be found and there is asaltminelocated nearby.
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The silence of asaltminewas tightened in the house and an icy night flowed into the outside gutter.
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These deposits were made due to economic considerations ahead of the conversion operations (deployment authorization of 1974) of thesaltmineas a disposal site.
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You have created a museum of thesaltmine, complete with costumes, tools, artifacts and writings of the time.
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With it a siding was built to the nearby rocksaltmine.
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The village's name comes from the nearbysaltmine.
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Khewrasaltminehas an estimated total of 220 million tonnes of rock salt deposits.
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Some missions require set piece solutions, including starting an avalanche to crush a tank battalion and sealing a nuclear reactor core in asaltmine.
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Thesaltmineis also known for its purported healing effect on respiratory and allergic illnesses.
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Salina also hosted asaltmine, years a go.
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A "sinkwerk" is a chamber in asaltminefilled with water to dissolve salt.
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The valuables were hidden in asaltmineapproximately 2000 feet underground.
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