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

1 sense of strip mining

Sense 1
strip mining, opencast mining -- (the mining of ore or coal from an open mine)
       => mining, excavation -- (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)

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")