Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: surface-mine
  1. (mining) extract (ore) from a strip-mine
    - strip mine, surface mine

Derived forms: surface mined, surface mines, surface-mining, surface-mines, surface-mined

Type of: mine

Nearest

surface noise
surface search radar
surface ship
surface soil
surface tension
surface-active
surface-active agent
surface-assimilative
surfaced road
surface-mine
surface-to-air
surface-to-air missile
surface-to-air missile system
surfacing
surfactant
surfbird
surfboard
surfboarder
surfboarding
surfboat