strip mine

See also: strip-mine

English

A modern lignite strip mine

Alternative forms

strip-mine, stripmine

Noun

strip mine (plural strip mines)

A mine where the material above the ore is removed (stripped) to expose it for removal and use.

Synonyms

opencast mine
open-pit mine

Hyponyms

surface mine

Coordinate terms

underground mine

See also

Surface mining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
strip mine on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

Petrinism

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