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Definition of opencut
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
opencut
adverb (or adjective)\ " \
Definition of opencut (Entry 2 of 2)
: 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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