strip-mined strip mine • strip miner · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · strip-mined · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) extract (ore) from a strip-mine. Synonyms: strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine. · · Verb Definition 1 (adj) mined near the earth's surface by stripping. · · Adjective Definition 1 Synonyms · · · strip mine · · Synonym 1 surface mine · · Synonym 2 surface-mine · · Synonym 3 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074