open-pit

[ oh-puhn-pit ]

/ ˈoʊ pənˌpɪt /

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adjective 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.

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Origin of open-pit

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby open-pit

openness, open one's eyes, open one's heart to, open one's mouth, open order, open-pit, open plan, open policy, open-pollinated, open position, open primary

How to use open-pit in a sentence

When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
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Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.
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Some of them would open up deep splits in core Democratic constituencies.
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And of course, Rod, being Rod, goes for it a hundred percent; his mouth drops open and he says, ‘What?’
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Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.
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Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
With the management of these, however, the Earl of Pit Town did not trouble himself.
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Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton