contact mine

noun

a naval mine designed to explode on contact with the hull of a ship.
Compare acoustic mine, magnetic mine.

Origin of contact mine

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby contact mine

contact inhibition, contact lens, contact magazine, contact man, contact metamorphism, contact mine, contact paper, contact patch, contact potential, contact print, contact printer

Example sentences from the Web for contact mine

  • What is the difference between a bushel of wheat and a contact-mine, and if not why not?

    Commander Lawless V.C. |Rolf Bennett