opencut

1 of 2

noun

1

: a mine working in which excavation is performed from the surface compare strip mine

2

: a trench for the passage of a roadway or railway through an obstruction (as a hill)

—distinguished from tunnel

opencut

2 of 2

adverb (or adjective)

"

: with the surface exposed to the air or worked from the exposed surface

an opencut iron mine

a copper mine worked opencut

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