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HAND GRENADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hand grenade mean? 

HAND GRENADE (noun)
  The noun HAND GRENADE has 1 sense:

1. a grenade designed to be thrown by handplay

  Familiarity information: HAND GRENADE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAND GRENADE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A grenade designed to be thrown by hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hand grenade" is a kind of...):

grenade (a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile)


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