open-pit mine

English

A former open-pit mine in Yakutia, Russia

Noun

open-pit mine (plural open-pit mines)

A type of mine where rock or minerals are extracted from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.
Synonyms: opencast mine, open-cut mine

Translations

mine with an open pit or burrow

Finnish: avolouhos (fi)
German: Tagebau (de) m
Korean: 노천광(露天鑛) (nocheon'gwang)
Spanish: mina a tajo abierto f
Swedish: dagbrott (sv) n
Welsh: mwynglawdd agored, mwynglawdd brig

References

“open-pit mine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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