Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - grenade
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Grenade
grenade
noun Etymology: Middle French, literally, pomegranate, from Late Latin granata, from Latin, feminine of granatus seedy, from granum grain — more at corn Date: 1591 a small missile that contains an explosive or a chemical agent (as tear gas, a flame producer, or a smoke producer) and that is thrown by hand or projected (as by a rifle or special launcher)
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1.
n. 1 a small bomb thrown by hand (hand-grenade) or shot from a rifle. 2 a glass receptacle containing chemicals which disperse on impact, for testing drains, extinguishing fires, etc. Etymology: F f. OF grenate and Sp. granada POMEGRANATE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. граната hand grenade —- ручная граната stick grenade —- граната с рукояткой fragmentation grenade —- осколочная граната asphyxiating grenade —- газовая граната chemical grenade —- химическая граната drill grenade —- учебная граната grenade discharger —- воен. ружейный гранатомет grenade net —- воен. противогранатная сетка grenade throw —- спорт. метание гранаты 2. бутыль с зажигательной смесью ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
(grenades) A grenade or a hand grenade is a small bomb that can be thrown by hand. A hand grenade was thrown at an army patrol. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- 1591, from M.Fr. grenade "pomegranate," from O.Fr. pomegrenate (infl. by Sp. granada), so called because the many-seeded fruit suggested the powder-filled, fragmenting bomb, or from similarities of shape. Grenadiers (1676) originally were soldiers "who were dexterous in flinging hand-granados" [Evelyn], from Fr. grenadier; later "the tallest and finest men in the regiment." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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