warhead (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *warhead*:
NOUN	artifact	warhead, payload, load	the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

warhead > pronunciation
Sounds	wao'rhheh.d
Rhymes	abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd...

English > *warhead*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents.
Synonyms	payload, load
Part of	guided missile	A rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
Narrower	atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke	The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
Broader	explosive	A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
Spanish	cabeza explosiva, cabeza nuclear, carga explosiva, carga, ojiva
Catalan	cap explosiu, ogiva

HyperDic: warhead