Lexic.us

Definition of Grenade

1. Noun. A small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile.

Definition of Grenade

1. n. 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.

Definition of Grenade

1. Noun. (obsolete) A pomegranate. ¹

2. Noun. A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a grenade launcher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grenade

1. an explosive device [n -S]

Medical Definition of Grenade

1. 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 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. 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. Origin: F. Grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. Granada; orig, filled with seeds. So called from the resemblanse of its shape to a pomegranate. See Carnet, Grain a kernel, and cf. Pomegranate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grenade

Literary usage of Grenade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"11 Lit Digest 50:1015-15 My 1 '15 Throwing grenade bouquets to the enemy. Lit Bache. 11 Tech World 23:173-6 Ap '15 Grenfell, Wilfred T., MD, ..."

2. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"M359 Smoke Bal* grenade M429 Thunderflash grenade, M459 Starflash grenade - provides, not only blast & flash but also a brilliant shower of white-hot ..."

3. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"M359 Smoke Ball grenade M429 Thunderflash grenade, M459 Starflash grenade ... M429 grenade launching device - In responses to requests for a means to launch ..."

4. Sketches of Western Methodism: Biographical, Historical, and Miscellaneous by James Bradley Finley (1854)
"JOHN A. grenade. A SHORT sketch of this wonderful man, written by our friend and brother, ... John A. grenade, known, in the days of his itinerancy, ..."

5. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"He unwound the elastic from the spoon of a grenade and pulled the bent-back ... The Marine with the grenade strained to listen, and thought he heard a faint ..."

6. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1919)
"The two things have come together—the hand-grenade, charged no longer with the powder of old days, but charged with the dynamite of modern science. ..."

7. Trench Warfare: A Manual for Officers and Men by Joseph Shuter Smith (1917)
"The Battye grenade consists of a grooved cast iron cylinder filled with ... The Pitcher Hand grenade is very similar to the Battye, only different in that ..."

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