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POUNDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pounder mean?
• POUNDER (noun)
The noun POUNDER has 2 senses:
1. (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
2. 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
Familiarity information: POUNDER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
their linemen are all 300-pounders
Hypernyms ("pounder" is a kind of...):
force unit (a unit of measurement of physical force)
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
Sense 2
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("pounder" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
Derivation:
pound (break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle)
Context examples
—with two four-pounders on each side, and a six-pounder in the bows.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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