Alternative spelling of strip mine

To mine by creating a strip mine, usually for coal or tar sands.

A body search where the person's clothes are removed.

To remove the clothes of (a person) and perform a body search on them.

(US, Canada) A shopping center consisting of a row of stores with separate entrances from the outdoors, typically along a road and/or with a parking lot in front.

present participle of strip-mine

(Australia, regional) An area of grass beside a roadway, possibly with a few trees or shrubs, lying between the roadway proper and the footpath, if there is one; a tree lawn.

(finance) A bearish options strategy that is established by buying a two puts and one call option with the same exercise price. The trader is betting on volatility.

(transitive) To dismantle (a weapon) for cleaning, oiling or repair; to disassemble (a firearm) to the maximum extent possible without tools.

Alternative spelling of Möbius strip