pounder

pound·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [poun-der]
- /ˈpaʊn dər/
- /-paʊn.dər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [poun-der]
- /ˈpaʊn dər/

Definitions of pounder word

noun pounder a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound or a specified number of pounds (often used in combination): He caught only one fish, but it was an eight-pounder. 1
noun pounder a gun that discharges a missile of a specified weight in pounds: a ten-pounder. 1
noun pounder a person or thing that pounds 0

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Origin of pounder

First appearance:

before 1050

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1050; Old English pūnere pestle (not found in ME); see pound1, -er1

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Parts of speech for Pounder

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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pounder popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for pounder

noun pounder

grinder — a person or thing that grinds.
mill — Arithmetic and Logic Unit

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