Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun metal_detector

1 sense of metal detector

Sense 1
metal detector -- (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)
       => detector, sensor, sensing element -- (any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner)