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opencast

adjective
open·​cast | \ ˈō-pən-ˌkast How to pronounce opencast (audio) \

Definition of opencast

chiefly British
: worked from a surface open to the air an opencast mine opencast mining

Examples of opencast in a Sentence

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 To the south is the lunar landscape of a city-sized opencast lignite mine. — The Economist, "Environmentalism is emerging as Europe’s new culture war," 29 June 2019 The bright white-and-dark-blue–striped areas on the right side of this image are opencast coal mines in midwestern Germany. — Betsy Mason, WIRED, "Huge Holes in the Earth: Open-Pit Mines Seen From Space," 15 Oct. 2009

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First Known Use of opencast

1713, in the meaning defined above

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opencast

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English Language Learners Definition of opencast

British : involving the removal of the surface of a large area of land to get at coal or other material that is near to the surface

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