"opencast" meaning in All languages combined

See opencast on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From open + cast. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|open|cast}} open + cast Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} opencast (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed Tags: British, not-comparable Categories (topical): Mining Synonyms: open-cast Related terms: open-pit mine Translations (of or pertaining to strip mining): à ciel ouvert (French), Tagebau- (German), a cielo aperto (Italian), 노천 (nocheon) (alt: 露天) (Korean), ил (il) (Mongolian), brig (Welsh)

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "open",
        "3": "cast"
      },
      "expansion": "open + cast",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From open + cast.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "opencast (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mongolian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mining",
          "orig": "en:Mining",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 7, Ian Traynor, “Europe's plan for alternative pipeline faces big problems”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Britain's leading green commentator, George Monbiot, gives the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England an unforgettable grilling, asking why the countryside watchdog opposes windfarms - but not opencast coal mines",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed"
      ],
      "id": "en-opencast-en-adj-reSWhT1I",
      "links": [
        [
          "strip mining",
          "strip mining"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "open-pit mine"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "open-cast"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
          "word": "à ciel ouvert"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
          "word": "Tagebau-"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
          "word": "a cielo aperto"
        },
        {
          "alt": "露天",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nocheon",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
          "word": "노천"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "il",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
          "word": "ил"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
          "word": "brig"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "opencast"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "open",
        "3": "cast"
      },
      "expansion": "open + cast",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From open + cast.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "opencast (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "open-pit mine"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English adjectives",
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 7, Ian Traynor, “Europe's plan for alternative pipeline faces big problems”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Britain's leading green commentator, George Monbiot, gives the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England an unforgettable grilling, asking why the countryside watchdog opposes windfarms - but not opencast coal mines",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strip mining",
          "strip mining"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "open-cast"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
      "word": "à ciel ouvert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
      "word": "Tagebau-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
      "word": "a cielo aperto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "露天",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nocheon",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
      "word": "노천"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "il",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
      "word": "ил"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to strip mining",
      "word": "brig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "opencast"
}

Download raw JSONL data for opencast meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.