horseshoe magnet

noun

1. a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of horseshoe magnet¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

The process had made flexible, millimeter-wide permanent magnets, much like a classic bar or horseshoe magnet.

From Scientific American

The classic red-and-white horseshoe magnet may have worked for Wile E. Coyote, but it can be a little inflexible.

From Scientific American

An enormous horseshoe magnet perches atop a 17-inch black-and-white television.

From Scientific American

Then she produced a bag of marbles, a slingshot, a spool of clear fishing twine, one pencil and one eraser, a kaleidoscope, and a horseshoe magnet, which she yanked with some effort from the metal bucket.

From Literature

In a 2013 speech at a science center in Pittsburgh, he recalled that, at the age of 5 or 6, his father gave him a horseshoe magnet.

From Washington Post