Opencast

Alternative forms

• open-cast

Origin

open + cast

Full definition of opencast

Adjective

1. (chiefly British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
• 2009, January 7, Ian Traynor, Europe's plan for alternative pipeline faces big problems, Britain's leading green commentator, George Monbiot, gives the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England an unforgettable grilling, asking why the countryside watchdog opposes windfarms - but not opencast coal mines

Anagrams

• capstone