stope

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English - Turkish
maden tabakalarını birer birer çıkarmak için yapılan kazı
böyle kazı yapmak
(Madencilik) maden ocağı

Related Terms

stope application
(Madencilik) katlararası uygulama
stope sidewalls
(Madencilik) stop kenarları
blind stope
kör stop
primary stope
birincil stop
English - English
A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps

The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes, from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.

Area of mine from which ore is or has been extracted
the working area in a mine from which ore is extracted
Spaces created in the rock where the vein is removed Stoping is the process of removing the ore vein
Stepped; gone; advanced
Any excavation in an underground mine, other than development workings, made for the purpose of extracting ore
An excavation in a deep mine whose dimensions are dictated by the width of the vein being mined
{i} step-shaped excavation in a mine used to extract mined ore from very steep shafts
{f} remove ore from a mine via a system of stopes
excavation to extract ore
a usually steplike excavation underground for the removal of ore that is formed as the ore is mined in successive layers
an underground opening in a mine from which ore is extracted
An underground excavation in which ore is mined, usually by working from below
To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out
Step-like or other excavation in an underground mine for the removal or ore
A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps
the working area from which ore is extracted in an underground mine
To excavate in the form of stopes
An underground excavation formed by working in a series of steps when mining a vertical orebody
stope

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    Etymology

    [ 'stOp ] (noun.) 1747. Apparently related to step, but with uncertain phonological development. Perhaps from Low Saxon stope (“step”), from Middle Low German stōpe (“step”). More at stoop.

    Tenses

    stoping, stoped
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