STRIP MINE


Meaning of STRIP MINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.