Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unit of currency:
Русский
By meaning 2
unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois):
place for detention of automobiles:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois):
place for the detention of stray animals:
place for detention of automobiles:

Examples

406 sentences

  1. We bought a pound of tea.

    Ми купили фунт чаю. — deniko

    ruМы купили фунт чая. — Hellerick

    deWir kauften ein Pfund Tee. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Butter is sold by the pound.

    deButter wird pfundweise verkauft. — Lars224

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  3. Tomatoes are sold by the pound.

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Meaning

18 senses

  1. A base unit of currency in various currency systems.

    The base unit of sterling, the currency used in the United Kingdom and some of its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.

    Pfund

    фунтfunt

    фунтfunt

  2. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.

    A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.

    Pfund

    фунтfunt

  3. (UK)A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.

    Verwahrstelle

    штрафстоя́нкаštrafstojánka

More meanings 15

  1. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.

    A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.

    a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

  2. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.

    Zwinger, Tierheim

  3. A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.

  4. A hard blow.

  5. A base unit of currency in various currency systems.

    Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.

    the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound

  6. (US)The symbol #.

    Holonym: hashtag

    To be connected, press pound.

  7. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.

  8. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.

    Various non-English units of measure.

  9. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.

    Various non-English units of measure.

Origin

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germ

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”).

From Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English *pund (“an enclosure”). Related to Old English pyndan (“to enclose, shut up, dam, impound”). Compare also Old English pynd (“a cistern, lake”).

From an alteration of earlier poun, pown, from Middle English pounen, from Old English pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūn- (“broken pieces, rubble”). Related to Saterland Frisian Pün (“debris, fragments”), West Frisian pún (“debris, rubble”), Dutch puin (“debris, fragments, rubbish”), Low German pun (“fragments”).

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Forms

plural: pounds / pound

Synonyms

34 synonyms
The base unit of sterling, the currency used in the…:pound sterlingquidnickersov
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces:lb
(UK)A place for the detention of automobiles that have been…:impoundcar poundimpound lot
A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces:lb t
A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals:animal shelter
A section of a canal between two adjacent locks:reachB1
A hard blow:pounding
(US)The symbol #:sharpB1octothorpepound signhashhash signhashtagnumber sign
Close in meaning
  • United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972):Ezra PoundEzra Loomis Pound
  • 16 ounces avoirdupois:lb
  • the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence:British poundBritish pound sterlingpound sterlingquid
  • the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters:Syrian pound
  • the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters:Sudanese pound
  • the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters:Lebanese pound

Word family

44 related words
Derivedassay poundavoirdupois poundbrown poundfoot-poundfoot-pound-secondfull-poundgeepoundgreen poundgrey poundhalf-poundkilopoundmetric poundmultipoundpetropoundpinfoldpink poundpoundagepoundalpound cakepounderpound-foolishpound-forcepound-for-poundpoundkeeper

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a few pounds
  • few pounds
  • how many pounds
  • thirty pounds
  • many pounds
  • lost thirty pounds
  • few pounds heavier
  • few pounds lighter
  • three pounds
  • pounds heavier
  • by the pound
  • pounds lighter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pouchpoultrypounceC1pourA2pout

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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