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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 placed
Familiarity information: MINEFIELD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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