Usually means: Vessel designed for deploying mines.
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  1. minelayer: Merriam-Webster
  2. minelayer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. minelayer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. minelayer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. minelayer: Vocabulary.com
  6. minelayer: Wordnik
  7. minelayer: Wiktionary
  8. minelayer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. minelayer: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. minelayer: Dictionary.com
  11. Minelayer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. minelayer: Rhymezone
  13. minelayer: FreeDictionary.org
  14. minelayer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. minelayer: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. minelayer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus

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▸ noun:  A ship capable of laying mines.

Similar:
Minecraft, naval mine, miner, minesweeper, countermine, land mine, mineplow, landmine, monitor, proxy mine, more...

Opposite:
minesweeper, minehunter

Types:
corvette, destroyer, cruiser, battleship, aircraft carrier, submarine, more...

Phrases:
Abdiel-class minelayer, Min Jiang-class minelayer, Ottoman minelayer Nusret, more...

Adjectives:
german, fast, auxiliary, british, submarine, ton, old, small, large, new, japanese

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Similar:
Minecraft, naval mine, miner, minesweeper, countermine, land mine, mineplow, landmine, monitor, proxy mine, more...

Opposite:
minesweeper, minehunter

Types:
corvette, destroyer, cruiser, battleship, aircraft carrier, submarine, more...

Phrases:
Abdiel-class minelayer, Min Jiang-class minelayer, Ottoman minelayer Nusret, more...

Adjectives:
german, fast, auxiliary, british, submarine, ton, old, small, large, new, japanese



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