Antonyms for salt mines


Grammar : Noun


Definition of salt mines

  • As in office : noun place of business
  • As in work : noun labor, chore
  • As in bureau : noun branch of an organization
  • As in factory : noun manufacturing plant
Example sentences :
  • It has its name from the hales, or salt mines,1137 near which it flows.
  • Extract from : « The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) » by Strabo
  • The inhabitants of this town possessed in their salt mines the source of a lucrative trade.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • It owes its name to the salt mines of Montmorot, its western suburb, which have been used from a very remote period.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • The last-named is a very interesting river, for in the vicinity of either bank are to be found the petroleum wells or salt mines.
  • Extract from : « Roumania Past and Present » by James Samuelson
  • On reaching the salt mines of Ndemba437 he founded a “presidio,” and garrisoned it with one hundred men.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell » by Andrew Battell
  • Oil wells in the vicinity also furnish an important product for export, and there are iron and salt mines near.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 » by Various
  • The salt mines in Poland form still greater excavations than the above.
  • Extract from : « Buffon's Natural History, Volume II (of 10) » by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
  • The salt mines were dreaded most, and fellows who had been working there for two or three months looked dreadful.
  • Extract from : « On the right of the British line » by Gilbert Nobbs
  • The salt mines near Bogota are a government monopoly and yield a considerable revenue.
  • Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
  • The Salt Mines of Poland afford the principal objects of investigation to scientific travellers in this country.
  • Extract from : « Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18 » by William Stevenson

Synonyms for salt mines

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