English Explanatory Dictionary

minesweeper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines).
  2. A ship specializing in removing naval mines.
  3. Any of various logic-based computer games in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints.

Pronunciation

/ˈmaɪnˌswipɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-minesweeper.wav

Word forms

minesweeper minesweepers

Etymology

From mine + sweeper.

Antonyms

minelayer

Derived words

destroyer minesweeper

Translations

Catalan: caçamines Catalan: dragamines m. Catalan: pescamines Chinese Mandarin: 掃雷艦 /扫雷舰 Czech: minolovka Danish: minestryger Dutch: mijnenveger Finnish: miinaharava Finnish: miinanraivaaja French: démineur French: dragueur de mines Georgian: ტრალერი Georgian: გამნაღმავი ხომალდი German: Minenabwehrfahrzeug German: Minenräumboot Greek: ναρκαλιευτής Hungarian: aknaszedő/aknamentesítő/aknakutató hajó Hungarian: aknászhajó Icelandic: sprengjuleit Italian: sminatore Italian: dragamine Japanese: 掃海艇 Japanese: 掃海艦 Korean: 소해정 Korean: 소뢰정 Korean: 소해선 Korean: 소해함 Norwegian: minesveipar (1, 2) Polish: saper Polish: trałowiec Romanian: dragor Romanian: deminor Russian: ми́нный трал, тра́льщик Russian: сапёр Spanish: dragaminas Spanish: barreminas Spanish: buscaminas Swedish: minsvepare Swedish: minröjare
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