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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 poundsplay

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 stoneplay

  Familiarity information: POUNDER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POUNDER (noun)


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:

muller; pestle; pounder

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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