Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index S strip-mine: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: strip-mine Pronunciation: (strip'mīn"), [key] — -mined, -min•ing. to excavate by open-cut methods. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: strip-mine (Thesaurus) strip map strip mining ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: quadrumanous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language