strip-mine

[strip-mahyn]

strip-mine

[strip-mahyn]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), strip-mined, strip-min·ing.
to excavate by open-cut methods.
Also, strip.


Origin:
1925–30

strip mine, noun
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