English

Noun

strip-mine ‎(plural strip-mines)

1. Alternative spelling of strip mine

See also

• Surface mining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

strip-mine ‎(third-person singular simple present strip-mines, present participle strip-mining, simple past and past participle strip-mined)

1. To mine by creating a strip mine, usually for coal or tar sands.

   The decision to strip-mine was opposed by environmentalists.