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PRONUNCIATION OF MINELAYER

minelayer  [ˈmaɪnˌleɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINELAYER

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verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Minelayer is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MINELAYER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minelayer

Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines. Historically this has been carried out by ships, submarines and aircraft. Additionally, since World War I the term minelayer refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term used for installing controlled mines at predetermined positions in connection with coastal fortifications or harbor approaches that would be detonated by shore control when a ship was fixed as being within the mine's effective range. Before World War I, mine ships were termed mine planters generally. For example, in an address to the United States Navy ships of Mine Squadron One at Portland, England Admiral Sims used the term “mine layer” while the introduction speaks of the men assembled from the “mine planters”. During and after that war the term "mine planter" became particularly associated with defensive coastal fortifications. The term "minelayer" applied vessels deploying both defensive and offensive mine barrages and large scale sea mining. "Minelayer" lasted well past the last common use of "mine planter" in the late 1940s.

Definition of minelayer in the English dictionary

The definition of minelayer in the dictionary is a warship or aircraft designed for the carrying and laying of mines.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MINELAYER


bilayer
ˈbaɪˌleɪə
bricklayer
ˈbrɪkˌleɪə
drainlayer
ˈdreɪnˌleɪə
gunlayer
ˈɡʌnˌleɪə
Himalaya
ˌhɪməˈleɪə
i-Player
ˈaɪˌpleɪə
inlayer
ˈɪnˌleɪə
interlayer
ˈɪntəˌleɪə
layer
ˈleɪə
Malaya
məˈleɪə
Meghalaya
ˌmeɪɡəˈleɪə
monolayer
ˈmɒnəʊˌleɪə
MP3-player
ˌempiːˈθriːˌpleɪə
multilayer
ˈmʌltɪˌleɪə
multiplayer
ˈmʌltɪˌpleɪə
platelayer
ˈpleɪtˌleɪə
player
ˈpleɪə
slayer
ˈsleɪə
tracklayer
ˈtrækˌleɪə
underlayer
ˈʌndəˌleɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINELAYER

mine
mine detection
mine detector
mine disposal
mine dump
mine-clearing
mine-sweeping
mineable
minefield
minehunter
minelaying
miner
miner´s right
mineral
mineral deposits
mineral dressing
mineral jelly
mineral kingdom
mineral oil
mineral pitch

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINELAYER

basketball player
bass player
boundary layer
cassette player
CD player
DVD player
football player
front-line player
hockey player
key player
MP3 player
ozone layer
pool player
prayer
record player
rugby player
soccer player
team player
tennis player
video player
violin player

Synonyms and antonyms of minelayer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «minelayer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINELAYER

Find out the translation of minelayer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minelayer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «minelayer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

布雷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

minador
570 millions of speakers

English

minelayer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

minelayer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

minelayer
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

минный заградитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

minelayer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যে জাহাহ সমুদ্রে মাইন বসানোর কাজে ব্যবহৃত হয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouilleur de mines
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minelayer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Minenleger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

minelayer
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기뢰 부설함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minelayer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàu thả mìn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

minelayer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Minelayer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mayın gemisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

posamine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stawiacz min
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мінний загороджувач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

minelayer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

minelayer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mijnenlegger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

minfartyg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minelegger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of minelayer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINELAYER»

The term «minelayer» is normally little used and occupies the 122.383 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINELAYER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «minelayer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «minelayer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minelayer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINELAYER»

Discover the use of minelayer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minelayer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Minelayer
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines. Historically this has been carried out by ships, submarines and aircraft.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
2
The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia
On 3 August the cruisers Augsburg and Magdeburg laid mines off Libau, and on 17 August the auxiliary minelayer Deutschland, covered by the two cruisers, laid two hundred mines off the Finnish Gulf, on which three Russian minesweepers ...
Spencer Tucker, Laura Matysek Wood, Justin D. Murphy, 1999
3
The Last Century of Sea Power: From Washington to Tokyo, ...
The 742-ton minelayer Iuminda West of Porto San Stefano The 1,071-ton minelayer Westmark The 1,Z81-ton minelayer Skagerrak The 996-ton Sperrbrecher 137 Minesweeper M. 451 Minesweeper M. 156 The 1,794-ton minelayer The ...
H. P. Willmott, 2009
4
The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947–2007
... (old) minelayer destroyer minelayer destroyer minesweeper auxiliary minelayer fleet minesweeper coastal minehunter coastal minesweeper Mine Vessels (new) (7 Feb 1955) Auxiliaries mine countermeasures ship fleet minelayer auxiliary ...
Paul Silverstone, 2011
5
Scraps of Paper: The Disarmament Treaties Between the World Wars
Azio Minelayer Feb. 1925 615 Dardanelli Minelayer Mar. 1925 615 Legano Minelayer June 1925 615 Lepanto Minelayer Nov. 1925 615 Milazzo Minelayer Apr. 1926 615 Ostia Minelayer Apr. 1927 615 Total Tonnage, Italian Ships 68,650 IV.
Harlow A. Hyde, 1988
6
The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
FLEET MINELAYER (MMF) — COMMAND & SUPPORT SHIP (MCS) U.S.S. TERROR (JIMF U.S.S. SAUGl y Photographs In early 1958 the Navy had 304 Mine Warfare Vessels on hand, plus 60 of inshore types classed as Service Craft.
James Charles Fahey, 1958
7
German S-Boats in Action in the Second World War
... 13, 50 Goeben, warship, 92 Gar, Norwegian minelayer, 16 Gdrdes, Kapitanleutnant, 160 Gotenhafen, 12, 43 Goya, transport, 135 Grassmann, Major, 65 Grez'f, torpedo boat, 15 Grille, minelayer, 43 Gust/01f transport ship, 135 H Haenesch, ...
Hans Frank, 2007
8
Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United ...
ANNEX HI Special vessels United States Displacement Name and type of vessel Tons Aroostok — Minelayer 4, 950 Oglala— Minelayer 4, 950 Baltimore — Minelayer 4,413 San Francisco — Minelayer 4, 083 Cheyenne — Monitor 2, 800  ...
Charles Irving Bevans, 1968
9
Warship 2013
... Bombarde 3rd Patrol Squadron: Commandant Riviere, La Batailleuse ist Minelayer Section: Canard, Goéland, Grondin, Heron I, Pen Men 2nd Minelayer Section: Fracas, Gascogne, Ravignan, Penfret II 25th Minelayer Section: Chasseur 81, ...
Stephen Dent, John Jordan, 2013
10
Natsushima Class Minelayer (1933)
The Natsushima class minelayer was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after 1930s through World War II. Their designed was based on the Tsubame-class, however, Natsushima-class added to naval mine ...
Ben Stacy Jerrik, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINELAYER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term minelayer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
SS City of Cairo
It was within eighty miles of the coast when, on 27 December, it was sighted by a Brazilian navy minelayer. Unfortunately, only the ship's third ... «Maritime Professional, Jul 15»
2
Batmobile returns spurs childhood memories...
HMS Abdiel was a minelayer/destroyer while HMS Audacious was a battleship sunk by a German mine in 1914. Doug also obtained an inkwell ... «Liverpool Echo, Jun 15»
3
Poland to participate in Baltops naval exercises
Płonecki announced that the Polish Navy will provide the submarine ORP Kondor as well as two minelayer-landing ships and six minesweeper ... «thenews.pl, Jun 15»
4
HMS Princess Irene centenary service in Sheerness attracts …
Princess Irene, a passenger liner converted to a minelayer, was moored off the coast of Sheerness when it blew-up, spreading debris and body ... «Kent Online, May 15»
5
100th anniversary of the Princess Irene disaster off the coast of …
The Princess Irene was a passenger liner converted to a minelayer. Some 352 men – including 78 workers from Chatham and Sheerness ... «Kent Online, May 15»
6
S.Korea launches 2nd homegrown minelayer ship
South Korea's military on Wednesday launched its second homegrown minelayer ship to boost its maritime warfare capability, the Navy said. «Global Times, May 15»
7
HMS Princess Irene exploded off Port Victoria on the Isle of Grain …
The Princess Irene was a passenger liner converted to a minelayer, which had taken on mines brought down in barges from Upnor and ... «Kent Online, May 15»
8
North has new and fast submersible
The Navy also launched Wednesday the nation's second minelayer. The 3,000-ton ship, named the Nampo, was launched at the shipyard of its ... «Korea JoongAng Daily, May 15»
9
US Navy Took 11-Yr. Veteran Around The World
The destroyer/minelayer ship, which had seen heavy use during World War II, conducted tactical operations throughout the Atlantic and Pacific ... «Greeneville Sun, May 15»
10
TJ McNamara: Circles pulse with energy
... than an accurate drawing of the minelayer. Some background of the Dardanelles would have made a more intense image. Many of the works ... «New Zealand Herald, May 15»

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