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pounder
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pounder has 2 senses
- pounder(n = noun.quantity) Array - (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds; "the fisherman caught a 10-pounder"; "their linemen are all 300-pounders" is a kind of force unit
- pounder(n = noun.artifact) muller, pestle - 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; Array is a kind of tool
Derived form verb pound8
CIDE DICTIONARY
pounder, n.
- One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill. [1913 Webster]
- An instrument used for pounding; a pestle. [1913 Webster]
- A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder. [1913 Webster]" Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pounder, n. (usu. in comb.)
1 a thing or person weighing a specified number of pounds (a five-pounder).
2 a gun carrying a shell of a specified number of pounds.
3 a thing worth, or a person possessing, so many pounds sterling.
1 a thing or person weighing a specified number of pounds (a five-pounder).
2 a gun carrying a shell of a specified number of pounds.
3 a thing worth, or a person possessing, so many pounds sterling.
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