open-cut

[ oh-puhn-kuht ]

/ ˈoʊ pənˌkʌt /

adjective Mining.

noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.

Origin of open-cut

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby open-cut

open-concept, open convention, open couplet, open court, open cover, open-cut, open-cut mining, open dating, open day, open diapason, open die

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Example sentences from the Web for open-cut

A 15-ton Bay City locomotive crane was also used along part of the open-cut work on 32d Street.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|James H. Brace and Francis Mason
The material above the rock in the open-cut sections was mostly sand.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|James H. Brace and Francis Mason
Open-cut excavation was started by planking over the street on stringers resting on transverse 12 by 12-in.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|James H. Brace and Francis Mason
No shafts or tunnels are necessary except for exploration; the mining consists entirely in open-cut and terrace work.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for open-cut

open cut

noun

civil engineering an excavation made in the open rather than in a tunnelSee cut-and-cover

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单词	open-cut
释义	open-cut [ oh-puhn-kuht ] / ˈoʊ pənˌkʌt / adjective Mining. noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches. Origin of open-cut First recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby open-cut open-concept, open convention, open couplet, open court, open cover, open-cut, open-cut mining, open dating, open day, open diapason, open die Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for open-cut A 15-ton Bay City locomotive crane was also used along part of the open-cut work on 32d Street. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910\|James H. Brace and Francis Mason The material above the rock in the open-cut sections was mostly sand. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910\|James H. Brace and Francis Mason Open-cut excavation was started by planking over the street on stringers resting on transverse 12 by 12-in. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910\|James H. Brace and Francis Mason No shafts or tunnels are necessary except for exploration; the mining consists entirely in open-cut and terrace work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7\|Various British Dictionary definitions for open-cut open cut noun civil engineering an excavation made in the open rather than in a tunnelSee cut-and-cover Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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