METAL DETECTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metal detector mean? 

• METAL DETECTOR (noun)
  The noun METAL DETECTOR has 1 sense:

1. detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal

  Familiarity information: METAL DETECTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METAL DETECTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("metal detector" is a kind of...):

detector; sensing element; sensor (any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner)