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pounder¹

  • /ˈpaʊndə/ UK
  • /ˈpaʊndɚ/ US

noun pounders

  1. A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding. Since we often prefer to pound our own cutlets rather than buy uneven precut cutlets from the store, a meat pounder is an important piece of equipment.
  2. One who pounds. They steal to the huts, where the women are pounding in mortars the coos-coos, or corn, watch till the pounders are gone for sieves to searce the meal, and then slily creep to the mortars, take out the meal, and carry it off in their pangs, looking every moment behind them, to see if they are observ

pounder²

  • /ˈpaʊndə/ UK
  • /ˈpaʊndɚ/ US

noun pounders · pr. · pdr. · pdr

  1. in compounds A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds. The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.
  2. in compounds Something that weighs a specified number of pounds. The Quarter Pounder with Cheese

pounder³

  • /ˈpaʊndə/ UK
  • /ˈpaʊndɚ/ US

noun pounders

  1. in compounds Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling. The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.

Pounder⁴

proper noun Pounders

  1. A surname.

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@misc{pounder_2026,
  title = {pounder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pounder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}