HyperDic: surface-mine

English > 1 sense of the word surface-mine:
VERBconsumptionsurface-mine, strip mine, surface mineextract (ore) from a strip-mine
English > surface-mine: 1 sense > verb 1, consumption
Meaningextract (ore) from a strip-mine .
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Synonymsstrip mine, surface mine
Categorymining, excavationThe act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
BroadermineGet from the earth by excavation

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