Phrase guide

hand grenade

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈhænd.ɡɹəˈneɪd/
  • /ˈhænd.ɡɚˈneɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A fire grenade (kind of portable fire extinguisher).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a grenade designed to be thrown by hand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grenade

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: նռնակ (nṙnak) — explosive device
  • Azerbaijani: qumbara — explosive device
  • Belarusian: ручная граната (ručnaja hranata) — explosive device
  • Catalan: granada de mà — explosive device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手榴彈 /手榴弹 (shǒuliúdàn) — explosive device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手雷 (shǒuléi) — explosive device
  • Danish: håndgranat — explosive device
  • Esperanto: mangrenado — explosive device
  • Estonian: käsigranaat — explosive device
  • Finnish: käsikranaatti — explosive device
  • French: grenade à main — explosive device
  • Galician: granada de man — explosive device
  • German: Handgranate — explosive device
  • Greek: χειροβομβίδα (cheirovomvída) — explosive device
  • Hausa: gùr̃nêt — explosive device
  • Hebrew: רמון יד (rimon yad) — explosive device
  • Hungarian: kézigránát — explosive device
  • Ido: grenado — explosive device
  • Indonesian: granat tangan — explosive device
  • Italian: granata — explosive device
  • Italian: bomba a mano — explosive device
  • Japanese: 手榴弾 — explosive device
  • Japanese: 手投げ弾 (tenagedan) — explosive device
  • Korean: 수류탄 (suryutan) — explosive device
  • Latvian: rokas granāta — explosive device
  • Navajo: dadilhóni aheltłʼidígíí — explosive device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: håndgranat — explosive device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: handgranat — explosive device
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: handgranat — explosive device
  • Polish: granat ręczny — explosive device
  • Portuguese: granada de mão — explosive device
  • Punjabi: ਹੱਥ ਗੋਲ਼ਾ (hattha goḷā) — explosive device
  • Romanian: grenadă de mână — explosive device
  • Russian: грана́та (granáta) — explosive device
  • Spanish: granada de mano — explosive device
  • Swedish: handgranat — explosive device
  • Tamil: கையெறிகுண்டு (kaiyeṟikuṇṭu) — explosive device
  • Turkish: el bombası — explosive device
  • Welsh: llawfom — explosive device