opencast

English

Alternative forms

• open-cast

Etymology

open +‎ cast

Adjective

opencast (not comparable)

1. (chiefly British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
   • 2009 January 7, Ian Traynor, “Europe's plan for alternative pipeline faces big problems”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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

Translations

of or pertaining to strip mining

• French: à ciel ouvert (fr)
• German: Tagebau- (de)
• Italian: a cielo aperto
• Korean: 노천(露天) (nocheon)
• Mongolian: ил (mn) (il)
• Welsh: brig

See also

• open-pit mine

Anagrams

• caponets, capstone, patonces, potances