Definitions
(physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
Word origin
From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.
Used in a sentence
“He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet.”
“Again, dude? Man, you just a MAGNET for trouble!”
“[…] I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Object that attracts iron”6 letters
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