"metal detector" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: metal detectors [plural]
Etymology: metal + detector Head templates: {{en-noun}} metal detector (plural metal detectors)
  1. A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal. Derived forms: metal detectorist Related terms: detectorist, metal detecting Translations (a hand-held device): cercametalls [masculine] (Catalan), cercatresors [masculine] (Catalan), metaldetektor [common-gender] (Danish), metaaldetector [masculine] (Dutch), metallinpaljastin (Finnish), détecteur de métaux [masculine] (French), Metalldetektor [masculine] (German), fémérzékelő (Hungarian), cercametalli [masculine] (Italian), rilevametalli [masculine] (Italian), rivelametalli [masculine] (Italian), 金属探知機 (Japanese), wykrywacz metali (Polish), detector de metale [neuter] (Romanian), металлоиска́тель (metalloiskátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), detector de metal [masculine] (Spanish), metalldetektor [common-gender] (Swedish), metal dedektörü (Turkish), металодете́ктор (metalodetéktor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), металошука́ч (metalošukáč) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A structure, similar to a doorway, through which people pass; an alarm is sounded if the person is carrying a metal object, as this may indicate a weapon. Translations (a structure, similar to a doorway): bezpečnostní rám (Czech), metaldetektor [common-gender] (Danish), metaaldetector [masculine] (Dutch), metallinpaljastin (Finnish), Metalldetektor [masculine] (German), wykrywacz metali (Polish), bramka [feminine] (Polish), дете́ктор мета́лла (detéktor metálla) [masculine] (Russian), detector de metal [masculine] (Spanish), metalldetektor [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-metal_detector-en-noun-02XDwEwy Disambiguation of 'a structure, similar to a doorway': 3 97

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "Metalldetektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a structure, similar to a doorway",
      "word": "wykrywacz metali"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a structure, similar to a doorway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bramka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "detéktor metálla",
      "sense": "a structure, similar to a doorway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дете́ктор мета́лла"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a structure, similar to a doorway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detector de metal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a structure, similar to a doorway",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "metalldetektor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metal detector"
}

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