Meaning

3 senses
  1. The symbol £, representing the pound sterling.

    a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

  2. (US)The symbol # on a telephone.

  3. (US)The symbol #, denoting weight in pounds.

    A bag of peanuts is marked "5^#".

Forms

plural: pound signs
Singularpound sign
Pluralpound signs

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain):pound

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlb

See also

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