Usually means: Device for locating metal objects.
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  1. metal detector: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. metal detector: Merriam-Webster
  3. metal detector: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. metal detector: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. metal detector: Collins English Dictionary
  6. metal detector: Vocabulary.com
  7. metal-detector: Wordnik
  8. metal detector: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. metal detector: Wiktionary
  10. metal detector: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. metal detector: Dictionary.com
  12. Metal detector: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. metal detector: Rhymezone
  14. metal detector: FreeDictionary.org
  15. metal detector: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. metal detector: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. metal detector: Encyclopedia

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  1. metal detector: Medical dictionary

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  1. metal detector: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metal detector)

noun:  A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
noun:  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.

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