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PRONUNCIATION OF OPEN-CUT

open-cut  [ˈəʊpənˌkʌt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPEN-CUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Open-Cut is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OPEN-CUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

open-cut

Cut (earthmoving)

In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock material from a hill or mountain is cut out to make way for a canal, road or railway line. In cut and fill construction it keeps the route straight and/or flat, where the comparative cost or practicality of alternate solutions is prohibitive. Contrary to the general meaning of cutting, a cutting in construction is mechanically excavated or blasted out with carefully placed explosives. The cut may only be on one side of a slope, or directly through the middle or top of a hill. Generally, a cut is open at the top. A cut is the opposite of an embankment. When used in reference to transportation routes, it reduces the grade of the route. Cuts can be created by multiple passes of a grader, scraper or excavator, or by blasting. One unusual means of creating a cut is to remove the roof of a tunnel through daylighting. Material removed from cuts is ideally balanced by material needed for fills along the same route, but this is not always the case when cut material is unsuitable for use as fill. The word is also used in the same sense in mining, as in an open cut mine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPEN-CUT


annicut
ˈænɪˌkʌt
buzzcut
ˈbʌzˌkʌt
Calicut
ˈkælɪˌkʌt
crinkle-cut
ˈkrɪŋkəlˌkʌt
crosscut
ˈkrɒsˌkʌt
haircut
ˈhɛəˌkʌt
incut
ˈɪnˌkʌt
linecut
ˈlaɪnˌkʌt
linocut
ˈlaɪnəʊˌkʌt
offcut
ˈɒfˌkʌt
square-cut
ˈskwɛəˌkʌt
uppercut
ˈʌpəˌkʌt
woodcut
ˈwʊdˌkʌt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPEN-CUT

open-and-shut
open-concept
open-cut mining
open-ended
open-eyed
open-faced
open-faced sandwich
open-field
open-handed
open-handedly
open-handedness
open-heart surgery
open-hearted
open-heartedly
open-heartedness
open-hearth furnace
open-hearth process
open-jaw
open-line
open-market operations

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPEN-CUT

boot-cut
clean-cut
clear-cut
fine-cut
half-cut
low-cut
razor-cut
ready-cut
rose-cut
rough-cut
short-cut

Synonyms and antonyms of open-cut in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «open-cut» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPEN-CUT

Find out the translation of open-cut to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of open-cut from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «open-cut» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

明挖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

a cielo abierto
570 millions of speakers

English

open-cut
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुले में कटौती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قطع المفتوح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

открытым способом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

- corte aberto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওপেন ধারণা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à ciel ouvert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Konsep terbuka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tagebau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オープンカット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오픈 컷
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Konsep-konsep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mở cắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறந்த கருத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुक्त संकल्पना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açık konsept
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

open- cut
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

open- cut
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкритим способом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

open- cut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

open- cut
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oop -cut
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öppen skuren
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

open- kutt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of open-cut

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN-CUT»

The term «open-cut» is normally little used and occupies the 114.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN-CUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «open-cut» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «open-cut» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about open-cut

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPEN-CUT»

Discover the use of open-cut in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to open-cut and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Construction Cost of Underground Infrastructure Renewal: A ...
73 5.3 Cost Estimating for Pipe Replacement Using Open-Cut Method .............. 76 5.4 Cost Comparison Results and Analysis .................................................... 79 6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ..81 6.1  ...
Seyed Behnam Hashemi, 2008
2
Architectural Graphic Standards
OPEN-CUT EXCAVATIONS Open-cut excavations are generally excavations of large areas with gradual sloping sidewalls that do not require shoring. This method can be acceptable when the following conditions have been considered:  ...
Andy Pressman, American Institute of Architects, 2007
3
Sewers: Replacement and New Construction: Replacement and ...
MSc, CEng, FICE, FIStructE, FCIWEM, FIHT, MILE, FconsE, Fcmi, MAE 7.1 Open- cut construction Whether we are dealing with sewer replacement or new construction in open-cut as distinct from trenchless construction it will usually be ...
Geoffrey F Read, 2004
4
Deep Excavation: Theory and Practice
... of excavation behaviors. 3.2 Excavation methods The following are some commonly used excavation methods: the full open cut method, the braced excavation method, the island excavation method, the anchored excavation method, ...
Chang-Yu Ou, 2006
5
Rock Drilling: With Particular Reference to Open Cut ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Richard Turner Dana, William Lawrence Saunders, Construction Service Company, 2010
6
HDD Practice Handbook
4 Comparison of trenchless and open cut construction 4.1 Introduction Around 15 % of all new installations of underground services (cables and pipes) in Germany are carried out by trenchless construction. 15 years ago, there were only a few ...
Hans-Joachim Bayer, 2005
7
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
It has been mined principally in an open cut and drifts from this cut. No fissure and no definite system of fractures could be made out at this place. It is approximately in line with the fissure at the Morning Star, which if it continues as far as the ...
‎1904
8
Geological Survey Professional Paper
It trends N. 45° E. for 75 feet, and the footwall in the open-cut dips 60° SE. The pegmatite cuts across the foliation in the granitic gneiss wall rock. The zones exposed in the pegmatite include a border zone less than an inch thick, a wall zone of ...
9
North American Tunneling 2008 Proceedings
60" Open Cut RCP consisting of 300LF 60 inch diameter RCP in open cut trench. 48" Open Cut RCP consisting of 860 LF of 48 inch diameter RCP in open cut trench. 48" Pipe in 66" Steel casing consisting of 550 LF of 66 inch direct jack steel ...
Michael F. Roach, 2008
10
International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2007: ...
In underground engineering history, municipal engineers have developed many conventional construction methods like open-cut method, bottoms-up method and top-down method to fulfil different requirements in construction of various metro ...
China) International Conference on Transportation Engineering (2nd, Kelvin C. P. Wang, Xia Luo, Yanjun Qiu, Yun Pu, Qiyuan Peng, Qiyuan Peng, Kelvin C. P. Wang, 2009

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPEN-CUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term open-cut is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The plan to protect Seattle's waterways: Ship Canal Water Quality …
These pipes will be built using a combination of open-cut and microtunnelling construction methods, largely in public rights of way. «My Ballard, Jul 15»
2
BHP to open new coal mine in Borneo amid concern for orangutans
"If BHP continues with its plans for open-cut mines it will be a disaster for my people and it will be a disaster for these fragile ecosystems. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Uncertainty over Shenhua mine's effect on groundwater a 'huge risk'
The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has approved the $1.2bn open-cut Shenhua Watermark coalmine on NSW's Liverpool Plains. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
British Open, Capsules
U.S. Open-Cut. Open memory: Opening with a 79 at St. Andrews in his debut, following with a 67 to make the cut and closing with a 67 to tie for ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
5
Liverpool Plains: Barnaby Joyce takes open-cut mine concerns to …
Mr Joyce has faced increasing pressure from constituents since plans for the $1.2 billion open-cut mine on the Liverpool Plains were approved. «ABC Online, Jul 15»
6
Bypass will be open by mid-2018: Macfarlane
FEDERAL Member for Groom Ian Macfarlane has lauded the open-cut design of the Nexus bid for the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jul 15»

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