minesweeper
English
noun
Definitions
- A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines).
- (uncountable) A logic-based computer game in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints.
Etymology
Compound from English mine + English sweeper.
Origin
English
sweeper
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Skysweeper English
- antimine English
- carpetsweeper English
- chimneysweeper English
- coalmine English
- countermine English
- intermine English
- ironmine English
- megamine English
- minability English
- minable English
- mine English
- mineable English
- minecar English
- minecart English
- minecraft English
- minefield English
- mineful English
- minehunter English
- minehunting English
- minelayer English
- mineless English
- minelife English
- minelike English
- mineowner English
- miner English
- mineshaft English
- minesite English
- minesweeping English
- minework English
- mineworker English
- mineworking English
- miny English
- overmine English
- pre-mine English
- premine English
- remine English
- sweep English
- sweeper English
- undermine English
- min Middle English
- swepere Middle English
- mayın Turkish
- မိုင်း Burmese
- maina Maori
- miny
- mine
- miner
- sweep
- remine
- minable
- mineful
- sweeper
- premine
- minecar
- minelike
- antimine
- coalmine
- mineless
- minework
- megamine
- pre-mine
- minesite
- mineable
- minelife
- minecart
- overmine
- ironmine
- minelayer
- undermine
- mineshaft
- mineowner
- minecraft
- intermine
- minefield
- Skysweeper
- minability
- mineworker
- minehunter
- minehunting
- mineworking
- countermine
- minesweeping
- carpetsweeper
- chimneysweeper