granat — meaning in English

English meaning

• grenade noun A small explosive device, thrown by hand or fired from a launcher, designed to burst apart on impact or after a timed fuse.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

granat is used for these senses in English:

• grenade A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
• shell (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.

grenade — full definition

1. noun A small explosive device, thrown by hand or fired from a launcher, designed to burst apart on impact or after a timed fuse.
2. verb To attack or destroy something with a grenade or grenades.

shell — full definition

1. noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
2. noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
3. noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
4. noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
5. verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.

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