An act or instance of firing a rocket, especially from the earth's surface.

1. A charge of some kind of explosive.

2. Small spherical particles of steel.

3. Small steel balls used as the cutting agent of a shot drill.

4. The firing of a blast.

5. In plastics molding, the yield from one complete molding cycle, including scrap.

Coal broken by blasting or other methods.

1. A solid projectile for cannon, without a bursting charge; the term projectile is preferred for uniformity in nomenclature.

2. A mass or load of numerous, relatively small, lead pellets used in a shotgun, as birdshot or buckshot.