grenade

Meaning

Noun

1. A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
2. (obsolete) 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. (slang) An unattractive girl.

Verb

1. To use grenade(s) upon.
2. (intransitive, slang) Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.

Synonyms

hand grenade

shell

🐚

fire extinguisher

🧯

mine

pineapple

🍍

pomegranate

round

whizz-bang

fire-ball

combat grenade

bomb

💣

fire extinguishing bomb

bomb-shell

fireplace

Translations

granada

grenade

granata

granaat

χειροβομβίδα

Handgranate

granada

Granate

el bombası

granada

narincok

elxam

romã

bomba a mano

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹəˈneɪd/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: granada

In summary

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.