magnet

A magnet is a person or thing that attracts, or a piece of iron that can attract other iron. (noun)

An example of a magnet is a light that attracts moths at night.
An example of a magnet is a set of plastic letters with iron backs that cling to the side of a refrigerator.

See magnet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any piece of certain kinds of material, as iron, that has the property of attracting like material: this property may be permanent or temporarily induced
see electromagnet
a person or thing that attracts

See magnet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(măgˈnĭt)

noun

An object that is surrounded by a magnetic field and that has the property, either natural or induced, of attracting iron or steel.
An electromagnet.
A person, a place, an object, or a situation that exerts attraction.

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