MINESWEEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minesweeper mean? 

• MINESWEEPER (noun)
  The noun MINESWEEPER has 1 sense:

1. ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINESWEEPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)