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`num`

`num` noun: pound (unit of weight).

Noun

# (plural # or #s)

  1. (US) Pound (unit of weight).
    • 3#
  2. (attributive, precedes a numeral) Number.
    • #3
    Synonyms:
    no.
  3. (Internet) Number.
    • I have collected U.S. Stamps since I was a boy back in the 1950's. At that time there was a low # being printed and it was affordable.1997 June 17, RYankowski [username], “Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet)
  4. (informal) Hashtag.
  5. In English-language Scrabble, indicates that a word is only found in the British accepted word list and not the North American list.
    • PTERION#

Synonyms of `num`

Forms of `num`

plural#
plural#s

Origin of `num`

Derived from the abbreviation lb for Latin libra (“pound”), via the medieval convention of indicating abbreviations with a bar, ℔.

Phrases with `num`

Questions about `num`

What does `num` mean?
`num` means pound (unit of weight).
What part of speech is `num`?
`num` is a noun.
What is the plural of `num`?
The plural of `num` is #.

Words near `num` in the dictionary

  1. `gt`
  2. `lsqb`citation needed`rsqb`
  3. `lt`/s`gt`
  4. `lt`3
  5. `lt`g`gt`
  6. `num`
  7. `num`MeToo
  8. `num`MeToo'd
  9. `num`MeTooed
  10. `num`MeTooing
  11. `num`MeToos

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