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open-pit

[ oh-puhn-pit ]

adjective

, Mining.
  1. noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of open-pit1

First recorded in 1910–15

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