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full-body scanner

full-body scanner noun: a structure incorporating technologies designed to detect metal, explosives, and contraband, usually for security purposes, but also for medical purposes.

full-body scanner: a structure incorporating technologies designed to detect metal, explosives, and contraband,...
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Noun

full-body scanner (plural full-body scanners)

  1. A structure incorporating technologies designed to detect metal, explosives, and contraband, usually for security purposes, but also for medical purposes.

Forms of full-body scanner

pluralfull-body scanners

Questions about full-body scanner

What does full-body scanner mean?
Full-body scanner means a structure incorporating technologies designed to detect metal, explosives, and contraband, usually for security purposes, but also for medical purposes.
What part of speech is full-body scanner?
Full-body scanner is a noun.
What is the plural of full-body scanner?
The plural of full-body scanner is full-body scanners.

Words near full-body scanner in the dictionary

  1. full-bodied money
  2. full-bodied moneys
  3. full-body
  4. full-body day
  5. full-body days
  6. full-body scanner
  7. full-bore
  8. full-born
  9. full-bosomed
  10. full-bound
  11. full-breasted

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