MINE DETECTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mine detector mean? 

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

1. detector consisting of an electromagnetic device; used to locate explosive mines

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINE DETECTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Detector consisting of an electromagnetic device; used to locate explosive mines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mine 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)