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metal detecting

metal detecting noun: the hobby of using a metal detector to hunt for buried coins or archaeological artifacts.

Noun

metal detecting (uncountable)

  1. The hobby of using a metal detector to hunt for buried coins or archaeological artifacts.

Questions about metal detecting

What does metal detecting mean?
Metal detecting means the hobby of using a metal detector to hunt for buried coins or archaeological artifacts.
What part of speech is metal detecting?
Metal detecting is a noun.

Words near metal detecting in the dictionary

  1. metal carbonyls
  2. metal cluster compound
  3. metal cluster compounds
  4. metal complex
  5. metal complexes
  6. metal detecting
  7. metal detector
  8. metal detectoring
  9. metal detectorist
  10. metal detectorists
  11. metal detectors

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