land mine (English, noun)
expansion: land mine (plural land mines)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A mine that is placed on land and designed to explode when stepped upon or touched.
glosses: A critical subject or situation with concealed or unpredictable implications.
tags: figuratively
qualifier: always written together
glosses: A piece of exercise device consisting of a pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to lift it off the ground.
raw_tags: from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US company called Sorinex
Forms:
form: land mines
tags: plural
form: landmine
tags: alternative