hand grenade
1Hand grenade — 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… …
2hand-grenade — (n.) 1660s, from HAND (Cf. hand) (n.) + GRENADE (Cf. grenade), which at that time referred to any explosive missile …
3hand grenade — hand grenades N COUNT A hand grenade is the same as a grenade …
4hand grenade — ► NOUN ▪ a hand thrown grenade …
5hand grenade — n. a small grenade thrown by hand and exploded by a timed fuze or by impact …
6hand grenade — hand′ grenade n. mil an explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded by impact or by means of a fuze • Etymology: 1655–65 …
7hand grenade — index bomb Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8Hand grenade — M67 fragmentation grenade, a widely used modern hand grenade. A hand grenade is any small bomb that can be thrown by hand. Hand grenades are classified into three categories, explosive grenades, chemical and gas grenades.[1] Explosive grenades… …
9hand grenade — noun a grenade designed to be thrown by hand (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑grenade * * * ˈhand grenade [hand grenade hand grenades] noun a small bomb that is thrown by hand …
10hand grenade — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hand grenade : singular hand grenade plural hand grenades a small bomb that explodes after it has been thrown by hand …
