Function: noun
Date: 1926
: a mine that is worked from the earth's surface by the stripping of overburden especially : a coal mine situated along the outcrop of a flat dipping bed
– strip-mine verb
– strip miner noun
STRIP MINE
Meaning of STRIP MINE in English
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012