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Synonyms & antonyms
nouna cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
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Origin
From grape + shot, named for the resemblance of the bag of shot to a bunch of grapes.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian карте́ч
- карте́ч (kartéč)type of shot
Catalan metralla
- metrallatype of shot
Chinese Mandarin 葡萄彈 /葡萄弹
- 葡萄彈 /葡萄弹 (pútáodàn)type of shot
Czech kartáč
- kartáčtype of shot
Estonian kartetš
- kartetštype of shot
Finnish kartessi
- kartessitype of shot
French mitraille
- mitrailletype of shot
German Traubenkartätsche, Kartätsche
- Traubenkartätschetype of shot
- Kartätschetype of shot
Hebrew קֶלַע אֶשְׁכּוֹל
- קֶלַע אֶשְׁכּוֹל (kela eshkol)type of shot
Hungarian kartács
- kartácstype of shot
Italian mitraglia
- mitragliatype of shot
Japanese 葡萄弾
- 葡萄弾 (budōdan)type of shot
Korean 포도탄
- 포도탄 (podotan)type of shot
Polish kartacz
- kartacztype of shot
Portuguese metralha
- metralhatype of shot
Russian карте́чь
- карте́чь (kartéčʹ)type of shot
Slovak kartáč
- kartáčtype of shot
Spanish metralla
- metrallatype of shot
Swedish druvhagel
- druvhageltype of shot
Tagalog metralya
- metralyatype of shot
Turkish misket
- miskettype of shot
Ukrainian карте́ч
- карте́ч (kartéč)type of shot
Vietnamese đạn chùm
- đạn chùmtype of shot
Cite this entry
APA
grapeshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grapeshot
MLA
“grapeshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grapeshot. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grapeshot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grapeshot.
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