magnet

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.

A body which possesses the property of attracting fragments of iron or steel, and which, when freely suspended, tends, under the action of the earth, to take a certain definite position, pointing approximately north and south.

The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; — called also natural magnet.

A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; — called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet.

a magnet used for producing and maintaining a magnetic field; — used especially of the stationary or exciting magnet of a dynamo or electromotor in distinction from that of the moving portion or armature.

A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.

A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.

a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts