grenade — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Granada name A city and province in Andalusia, Spain, famous for the Alhambra palace; also a city and department in Nicaragua, and several small U.S. places.
- Grenada name An island country in the Caribbean, also the name of small towns in California and Mississippi.
- 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.
- pomegranate noun A round fruit with tough reddish skin and many juicy, sweet-tart seeds inside.
Senses
grenade is used for these senses in English:
- Granada A city in Andalusia, Spain.
- Grenada An island and country in the Caribbean.
- grenade A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- pomegranate The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.
- pomegranate The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.