STRIP MINE


Meaning of STRIP MINE in English

ˈstrip mine BrE AmE noun [countable]

American English a very large hole that is made in the ground to remove metal, coal etc from the earth SYN opencast British English

—strip-mine verb [intransitive and transitive]

—strip mining noun [uncountable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.