WARHEAD

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does warhead mean? 

• WARHEAD (noun)
  The noun WARHEAD has 1 sense:

1. the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

  Familiarity information: WARHEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WARHEAD (noun)

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

payload; warhead; load

Hypernyms ("warhead" is a kind of...):

explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warhead"):

atomic warhead; nuclear warhead; nuke; thermonuclear warhead (the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb)

Holonyms ("warhead" is a part of...):

guided missile (a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices)