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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 pounds
Familiarity information: FOUR-POUNDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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