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mountaintop removal

mountaintop removal noun: a form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain, by blasting away the overburden with explosives and dumping the excess material into nearby valleys.

Noun

mountaintop removal (uncountable)

  1. A form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain, by blasting away the overburden with explosives and dumping the excess material into nearby valleys.

Questions about mountaintop removal

What does mountaintop removal mean?
Mountaintop removal means a form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain, by blasting away the overburden with explosives and dumping the excess material into nearby valleys.
What part of speech is mountaintop removal?
Mountaintop removal is a noun.

Words near mountaintop removal in the dictionary

  1. mountainslope
  2. mountainslopes
  3. mountainsnail
  4. mountainsnails
  5. mountaintop
  6. mountaintop removal
  7. mountaintopism
  8. mountaintops
  9. mountainward
  10. mountainwards
  11. mountainy

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