OPEN-PIT


Meaning of OPEN-PIT in English

/oh"peuhn pit'/ , adj. Mining.

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.

[ 1910-15 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .