"minesweeper" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-minesweeper.wav Forms: minesweepers [plural]
Etymology: From mine + sweeper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mine|sweeper}} mine + sweeper Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} minesweeper (countable and uncountable, plural minesweepers)
  1. A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines): caçamines [masculine] (Catalan), dragamines m. (Catalan), pescamines [masculine] (Catalan), 掃雷艦 (Chinese Mandarin), 扫雷舰 (sǎoléijiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), minolovka (english: a ship) [feminine] (Czech), minestryger [common-gender] (Danish), miinaharava (english: device) (Finnish), miinanraivaaja (english: vehicle or person) (Finnish), démineur [masculine] (French), dragueur de mines [masculine] (French), ტრალერი (ṭraleri) (Georgian), Minenabwehrfahrzeug [neuter] (German), Minenräumboot [neuter] (German), ναρκαλιευτής (narkalieftís) [masculine] (Greek), aknaszedő/aknamentesítő/aknakutató hajó (Hungarian), aknászhajó (Hungarian), sprengjuleit (alt: 2) (Icelandic), sminatore [masculine] (Italian), dragamine [masculine] (Italian), 掃海艇 (sōkaitei) (alt: そうかいてい) (Japanese), minesveipar (1, 2) (Norwegian), saper [masculine, person] (Polish), dragor [neuter] (Romanian), deminor [masculine] (Romanian), ми́нный трал, тра́льщик (mínnyj tral, trálʹščik) (english: vehicle) [masculine] (Russian), сапёр (sapjór) [masculine, person] (Russian), dragaminas [masculine] (Spanish), barreminas [masculine] (Spanish), buscaminas [masculine] (Spanish), minsvepare [common-gender] (Swedish), minröjare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-minesweeper-en-noun-7z3R7U02 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines': 94 6
  2. (uncountable, computing, video games) A logic-based computer game in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Video games, Video games Translations (video game): pescamines [masculine] (Catalan), 掃雷 (Chinese Mandarin), 扫雷 (sǎoléi) (Chinese Mandarin), hledání min [neuter] (Czech), minestryger (Danish), miinaharava (Finnish), démineur [masculine] (French), ναρκαλιευτής (narkalieftís) [masculine] (Greek), aknakereső (Hungarian), マインスイーパー (Japanese), 지뢰 찾기 (jiroe chatgi) (Korean), saper [masculine] (Polish), сапёр (sapjór) [masculine] (Russian), minröj [neuter] (Swedish), mayın tarlası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-minesweeper-en-noun-9NDxpEgJ Disambiguation of Video games: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 76 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games Disambiguation of 'video game': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: destroyer minesweeper Related terms: minehunter

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines",
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      "sense": "vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "video game",
      "word": "掃雷"
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      "roman": "sǎoléi",
      "sense": "video game",
      "word": "扫雷"
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      "sense": "video game",
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      "sense": "video game",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "video game",
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      "sense": "video game",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "démineur"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "video game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ναρκαλιευτής"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "video game",
      "word": "aknakereső"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "video game",
      "word": "マインスイーパー"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiroe chatgi",
      "sense": "video game",
      "word": "지뢰 찾기"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "video game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "saper"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "video game",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "video game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "minröj"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "video game",
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    "minesweeper"
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}

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