open-cast
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of opencast.
Example Sentences
- "Altogether there were said to be some 70 construction projects for coal mines, power stations, petroleum refineries, and oil wells in 1953. Of these probably the most important were the two open-cast coal mines at Fou-hsin which resumed production in 1953."
- "Open-cast mining began in the area early in the sixteenth century, and there were numerous unsuccessful attempts to work the deposits, notably those by the Countess of Sutherland in 1598, and John Williams, the geologist, in 1764."