metal detector

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   detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal

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Questions about metal detector

What does metal detector mean?

metal detector means "detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal".

Is metal detector a common word?

metal detector is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.