open-pit
adjective/ˌəʊpən ˈpɪt/
/ˌəʊpən ˈpɪt/
(North American English) (British English opencast)
[usually before noun]- in open-pit mines coal is taken directly out of the ground near the surface, without digging tunnels see also strip miningOxford Collocations DictionaryOpen-pit is used with these nouns:
- mine
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