MAGNETIC MINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)