opencast

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

opencast
    adj 1: (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface;
           "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine" [syn:
           {opencast}, {opencut}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

opencast \opencast\ adj.
   same as opencut.

   Syn: opencut, strip(prenominal).
        [WordNet 1.5]

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