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MAGNETIC MINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic mine mean?
• MAGNETIC MINE (noun)
The noun MAGNETIC MINE has 1 sense:
1. (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship)
Familiarity information: MAGNETIC MINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("magnetic mine" is a kind of...):
floating mine; marine mine (an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it)
Domain category:
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
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