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opencast

opencast adjective: of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.

Adjective

opencast (not comparable)

  1. (UK) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
    • Britain's leading green commentator, George Monbiot, gives the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England an unforgettable grilling, asking why the countryside watchdog opposes windfarms - but not opencast coal mines2009 January 7, Ian Traynor, “Europe's plan for alternative pipeline faces big problems”, in The Guardian

Forms of opencast

alternative formopen-cast

Origin of opencast

From open + cast.

Questions about opencast

What does opencast mean?
Opencast means of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
What part of speech is opencast?
Opencast is an adjective.

Words near opencast in the dictionary

  1. openable
  2. openband
  3. openbill
  4. openbills
  5. OpenBSD
  6. opencast
  7. OpenCourseWare
  8. OpenDocument
  9. opened
  10. opened a can of whoop ass
  11. opened a can of whoop-ass

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