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grapeshot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shot

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grape

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shot, pellet

History

Etymology

From grape + shot, named for the resemblance of the bag of shot to a bunch of grapes.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: карце́ч (karcjéč) — type of shot
  • Bulgarian: карте́ч (kartéč) — type of shot
  • Catalan: metralla — type of shot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葡萄彈 /葡萄弹 (pútáodàn) — type of shot
  • Czech: kartáč — type of shot
  • Estonian: kartetš — type of shot
  • Finnish: kartessi — type of shot
  • French: mitraille — type of shot
  • German: Traubenkartätsche — type of shot
  • German: Kartätsche — type of shot
  • Hebrew: קֶלַע אֶשְׁכּוֹל (kela eshkol) — type of shot
  • Hungarian: kartács — type of shot
  • Italian: mitraglia — type of shot
  • Japanese: 葡萄弾 (budōdan) — type of shot
  • Korean: 포도탄 (podotan) — type of shot
  • Macedonian: картеч (karteč) — type of shot
  • Polish: kartacz — type of shot
  • Portuguese: metralha — type of shot
  • Russian: карте́чь (kartéčʹ) — type of shot
  • Serbo-Croatian: картеч — type of shot
  • Serbo-Croatian: karteč — type of shot
  • Slovak: kartáč — type of shot
  • Spanish: metralla — type of shot
  • Swedish: druvhagel — type of shot
  • Tagalog: metralya — type of shot
  • Turkish: misket — type of shot
  • Ottoman Turkish: صالقم (salkım) — type of shot
  • Ukrainian: карте́ч (kartéč) — type of shot
  • Vietnamese: đạn chùm — type of shot
  • Zazaki: tahnebi — type of shot
  • Zazaki: kerawanki — type of shot