STRIP MINING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The mining of ore or coal from an open mine

Synonyms:

opencast mining; strip mining

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("strip mining" is a kind of...):

excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)

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