Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: detector: 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 → 1
Candidate hypernym: cardinalfish: small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters → 0
Candidate hypernym: lamina: a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) → 0
Candidate hypernym: midwifery: assisting women at childbirth → 0
Candidate hypernym: black birch: birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark → 0
Candidate hypernym: heimlich maneuver: an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea → 0
Candidate hypernym: sarcosine: a sweetish crystalline amino acid → 0
Candidate hypernym: drogue parachute: a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack → 0
Candidate hypernym: gasoline station: a service station that sells gasoline → 0
Candidate hypernym: cull: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality → 0
Candidate hypernym: snakes and ladders: a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes → 0