Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strip_mine

1 sense of strip mine

Sense 1
strip mine -- (an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface)
       => mine -- (excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb strip_mine

1 sense of strip mine

Sense 1
strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine -- (extract (ore) from a strip-mine)
       => mine -- (get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals")