an electromagnetic device for locating the position of hidden explosive mines
mine detector in American English
noun
an electromagnetic device for locating buried or concealed land mines
Word origin
[1940–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blockbuster, sealant, silkscreen, snorkel, zap
Examples of 'mine detector' in a sentence
mine detector
The lowest was your basic batter y-operated metal-mine-detector.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A fifth soldier, who had been walking ahead of the vehicle with a mine detector, was wounded.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We don't even use mine detectors as the ones we were issued with are faulty.