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FOUR-POUNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does four-pounder mean? 

FOUR-POUNDER (noun)
  The noun FOUR-POUNDER has 1 sense:

1. an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four poundsplay

  Familiarity information: FOUR-POUNDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOUR-POUNDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("four-pounder" is a kind of...):

artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)


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