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grenade

UK/ɡɹəˈneɪd/US/ɡɹəˈneɪd/
nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,884 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: grenades

A grenade is a small bomb thrown by hand. Throw a grenade, a grenade attack, pull the pin.

The name is the pomegranate, from the shape and from the seeds scattering, which is exactly what the fragments do. The pin is only a safety catch, since the lever released on throwing is what starts the fuse.

zaphad1 · CC BY 2.0

Definitions of grenade

  1. 1noungrenadeA small bomb thrown by hand.B1+

    “The soldier pulled the pin and threw the grenade into the trench.”

grenade is a weapon.

Where it comes from

French grenade means a pomegranate, from the shape and the scattering of seeds.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *ǵerh₂-

  2. French

    grenade

  3. English, today

    grenade

Built from

  • pomme grenate · Old French — pomegranate
  • grānātum · Latin — having grains

Borrowed from French grenade. Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pōmum (“apple”) + grānātum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. a doublet of garnet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

grenade in the wild

  • Some armored fighting vehicles also mount fixed arrays of short-range, single-shot grenade launchers as a means of defense.

    Grenade launcher

  • Smoke grenades often cost around US$40 compared to smoke bombs, which can often cost just a few cents.

    Smoke grenade

  • The M203 is a single-shot, pump action, 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle.

    M203 grenade launcher

  • The Mk 19 grenade launcher is an American 40 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher that was first developed during the Vietnam War.

    Mk 19 grenade launcher

  • Upon detonation, a stun grenade produces a blinding flash of light and an extremely loud "bang".

    Stun grenade

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.