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four-pounder

four-pounder noun: a cannon capable of firing shot weighing four pounds.

Noun

four-pounder (plural four-pounders)

  1. (historical) A cannon capable of firing shot weighing four pounds.

Forms of four-pounder

pluralfour-pounders
alternative formfourpounder

Questions about four-pounder

What does four-pounder mean?
Four-pounder means a cannon capable of firing shot weighing four pounds.
What part of speech is four-pounder?
Four-pounder is a noun.
What is the plural of four-pounder?
The plural of four-pounder is four-pounders.

Words near four-pounder in the dictionary

  1. four-points
  2. four-poster
  3. four-poster bed
  4. four-poster beds
  5. four-posters
  6. four-pounder
  7. four-pounders
  8. four-quadrant
  9. four-ring
  10. four-rings
  11. Four-Russians

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