Usually means: Surface mining technique for minerals.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. strip-mining: Merriam-Webster
  2. strip mining: Collins English Dictionary
  3. strip mining: Vocabulary.com
  4. Strip-Mining, Strip-mining, strip-mining: Wordnik
  5. strip mining: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. strip-mining, strip mining: Wiktionary
  7. strip mining: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. strip mining: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. strip-mining, strip mining: Dictionary.com
  10. Strip-mining, Strip mining: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. strip mining: Rhymezone
  12. strip mining: FreeDictionary.org
  13. strip mining: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. strip-mining, strip mining: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Strip mining (surface): Energy Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strip-mining, strip mining: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. strip mining: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (strip mining)

noun:  A mining technique wherein the material above the ore is removed (stripped) to expose it for removal and use; operation of a strip mine.

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