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FLOATING MINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does floating mine mean?
• FLOATING MINE (noun)
The noun FLOATING MINE has 1 sense:
1. an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it
Familiarity information: FLOATING MINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
floating mine; marine mine
Hypernyms ("floating mine" is a kind of...):
mine (explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "floating mine"):
magnetic mine ((nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship))
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