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strippable, a.|ˈstrɪpəb(ə)l|
[f. strip v.1 + -able.]
1. Of a coating: capable of being stripped off or removed.
1950Effects Atomic Weapons (U.S. Sci. Lab., Los Alamos) x. 333 Another possibility in connection with protection against radioactive contamination..is to use strippable coatings. 1980Daily Tel. 16 Dec. 11/4 The wallpapers are trimmed, washable and strippable.
2. U.S. Of a mineral deposit: capable of being strip-mined.
1975N.Y. Times 24 Mar. 20/2 Their entrepreneurial thrust to exploit what industry spokesmen call the West's ‘Persian Gulf’ of strippable coal. 1978Time 17 Apr. 74/3 When they do [legislate], Western strip-mine owners fear, up to 80% of the region's strippable tonnage will be ruled off limits. |