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Opencast

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed British, not-comparable

    "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 mines"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface wordnet

Etymology

From open + cast.

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