opencut

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

opencut
    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

opencut \opencut\ adj.
   worked from the exposed surface; -- of mines and mining; as,
   opencut mining.

   Syn: opencast, strip(prenominal), open-pit.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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