strip mining

n (Mining & Quarrying) another term (esp US) for opencast mining

Thesaurus

Noun

strip mining - the mining of ore or coal from an open mineopencast miningmining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

Translations

Tagebau

strip mining

strip mining:

see coal miningcoal mining,
physical extraction of coal resources to yield coal; also, the business of exploring for, developing, mining, and transporting coal in any form. Strip mining is the process in which the overburden (earth and rock material overlying the coal) is removed to expose a
..... Click the link for more information. .

strip mining

[′strip ‚mīn·iŋ] (mining engineering) The mining of coal by surface mining methods.

strip mining

Related to strip mining: Underground mining, Open pit mining

noun

Synonyms for strip mining

noun the mining of ore or coal from an open mine

Synonyms

opencast mining

Related Words

mining
excavation

随便看

英语词典包含2567994条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。