FLESH WOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flesh wound mean? 

• FLESH WOUND (noun)
  The noun FLESH WOUND has 1 sense:

1. a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones

  Familiarity information: FLESH WOUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLESH WOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("flesh wound" is a kind of...):

combat injury; injury; wound (a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat)

 Context examples 

I knew, then, that it was no more than a flesh wound,—I had felt the steel grate on his shoulder-blade,—and I raised the knife to strike at a more vital part.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)