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MINEFIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minefield mean? 

MINEFIELD (noun)
  The noun MINEFIELD has 1 sense:

1. a region in which explosives mines have been placedplay

  Familiarity information: MINEFIELD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MINEFIELD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A region in which explosives mines have been placed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("minefield" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


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