Associations to the word «Opencast»

Wiktionary

OPENCAST, adjective. (chiefly British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed

Dictionary definition

OPENCAST, adjective. (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis