Meaning

5 senses

  1. A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.

  2. One who pounds.

  3. (in compounds)A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.

    The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.

  4. (in compounds)Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.

    The Quarter Pounder with Cheese

    (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds

  5. (in compounds)Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.

    The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Do you know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in Paris?

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Forms

plural: pounders

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone:pestlemuller

Word family

15 related words
Relatedfour-pounderfull-pounderhalf-poundernine-pounderquarter-pounderten-pounderthird-pounderthree-poundertwelve-pounderpound
Derivedbrass pounderground pounderivory-pounderrice poundertorta pounder

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pounceC1poundB1pourA2pout

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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