Grenade

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grenade \Gre*nade"\, n. [F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or
     Sp. granada; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the
     resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See {Carnet},
     {Grain} a kernel, and cf. {Pomegranate}.] (Min.)
     A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other
     explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the


     hand among enemies.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Hand grenade}.
     (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a
         half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into
         the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon
         besiegers mounting a breach.
     (b) A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle
         containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames.
         Called also {fire grenade}.
  
     {Rampart grenades}, grenades of various sizes, which, when
        used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grenade
       n : a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a
           missile

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "grenade":
     aerial bomb, antipersonnel bomb, bomb, bombshell, carcass,
     concussion grenade, depth bomb, depth charge, fire bomb,
     gas grenade, hand grenade, incendiary bomb, incendiary grenade,
     infernal machine, petard, tear-gas grenade, time bomb,
     wall grenade