Grenade : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Grenade	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Grenade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grenade n a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grenade \Grenade"\, 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. {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.