Usually means: Open-pit mining for surface minerals.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word strip mine:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. strip mine: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. strip-mine, strip mine: Merriam-Webster
  3. strip mine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. strip-mine, strip mine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. strip mine: Collins English Dictionary
  6. strip mine: Vocabulary.com
  7. strip-mine: Wordnik
  8. strip-mine, strip mine: Wiktionary
  9. strip-mine: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. strip-mine, strip mine: Dictionary.com
  11. Strip-mine, Strip-mine (album), Strip mine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. strip mine: Rhymezone
  13. strip mine: FreeDictionary.org
  14. strip mine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. strip-mine, strip mine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Strip mine: Energy Dictionary

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (strip mine)

noun:  A mine where the material above the ore is removed (stripped) to expose it for removal and use.
verb:  Alternative spelling of strip-mine [To mine by creating a strip mine, usually for coal or tar sands.]

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