minesweeper
A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive minesA vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines).
» The objective of Minesweeper is to clear the minefield without detonating the mines.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines).
A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines).
(countable, often, specifically, uncountable)A ship specializing in removing naval mines.
Minenabwehrfahrzeug, Minenräumboot
ми́нный трал, тра́льщикmínnyj tral, trálʹščik, сапёрsapjór
ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines
(uncountable)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.
Minesweeper
сапёрsapjór
Examples
4 sentencesThe objective of Minesweeper is to clear the minefield without detonating the mines.
The goal of Minesweeper is to uncover all safe squares without detonating any mines.
Do you play Minesweeper?
Are you playing Minesweeper?
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From mine + sweeper.From mine + sweeper.
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Forms
plural: minesweepers| Singular | minesweeper |
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Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable