Strip-mined

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mined \mined\ adj.
     extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the
     earth. [Narrower terms: {deep-mined}; {exploited};
     {strip-mined}]
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strip-mined
       adj : mined near the earth's surface by stripping