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WordNet: opencast
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface
  Synonyms: opencut, strip


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - (kul) der er brudt fra jordoverfladen
n. - åben udgravning

Français (French)
adj. - à ciel ouvert
n. - (GB) exploitation minière à ciel ouvert

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (GB)(Bergbau) Tagebau
n. - freier Himmel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (για ορυχείο) επιφανειακής εξόρυξης ή εκμετάλλευσης

Italiano (Italian)
a giorno, a cielo aperto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - a céu aberto (Brit.)

Русский (Russian)
открытые горные работы

Español (Spanish)
adj. - a cielo abierto
n. - a cielo abierto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - dagbrott

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
露天挖掘的, 露天矿, 明挖路槽

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 露天挖掘的
n. - 露天礦, 明挖路槽

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 노천굴의
n. - 노천굴

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 露天掘りの

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פתוח, על פני השטח (מכרה)‬
n. - ‮מכרה על פני השטח‬


 
 
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