English Explanatory Dictionary

grenade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
  2. A pomegranate.
  3. A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
  4. An unattractive girl.
verb
  1. To use grenade(s) upon.
  2. Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹəˈneɪd/ en-us-grenade.ogg

Word forms

grenade grenades grenading grenaded

Etymology

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

Related words

garnet grenado pomegranate

Derived words

fall on a grenade fire grenade grenade launcher grenadelike grenadier grenadine jump on a grenade math grenade
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