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opencut
Definition of opencut
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
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opencut
Definition of opencut
: 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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