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STRIP MINER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does strip miner mean?
• STRIP MINER (noun)
The noun STRIP MINER has 1 sense:
1. a miner who does strip mining
Familiarity information: STRIP MINER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A miner who does strip mining
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("strip miner" is a kind of...):
miner; mineworker (laborer who works in a mine)
Derivation:
strip mine (extract (ore) from a strip-mine)
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