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strip mine
strip minen. An open mine, especially a coal mine, whose seams or outcrops run close to ground level and are exposed by the removal of topsoil and overburden.strip mine (strĭp) An open mine, especially a coal mine, whose seams or outcrops run close to ground level and are exposed by the removal of overlying soil.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  strip mine - an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surfacemine - excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted | | Verb | 1. | strip mine - extract (ore) from a strip-minesurface mine, surface-minemining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earthmine - get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals" |
Translationsstrip mine
strip mine[′strip ‚mīn] (mining engineering) An opencut mine in which the overburden is removed from a coal bed before the coal is taken out. strip mine
Related to strip mine: surface mine, Open pit mineSynonyms for strip minenoun an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surfaceRelated Wordsverb extract (ore) from a strip-mineSynonymsRelated Words |