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Opencast

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adj. Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. same as opencut.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In mining, a working open to the day; an openwork.

Pertaining to or obtained from such workings.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface

Word Usage

"Under the plans, ministers agreed to keep a permanent stockpile of at least six months 'supply of coal, increase coal imports, build more oil-burn, nuclear and gas-fired power stations and encourage development of more opencast mines."

Equivalent

surface

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

opencut strip

Same Context

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