Definitions for open-cut

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o′pen-cut′(adj.)

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.
Category: Mining

Origin of open-cut:

1880–85

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