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lobster pounds

lobster pounds is the plural of lobster pound.

Meaning of lobster pound

Noun

lobster pound (plural lobster pounds)

  1. (US, chiefly Northern Atlantic region of Canada) A large commercial enclosure filled with circulating water in which lobsters are kept alive pending sale.
    • So sing (if you listen closely) some 5000 lobsters rushed by air freight daily direct from a 1,000,000-capacity lobster pound in Clark's Harbour in the southernmost tip of Nova Scotia to Sea 'n Surf Restaurant on Rte. 9, Framingham.1963 September 29, “Lobster Fit for Queen At Sea'n Surf”, in Boston Globe, USA, retrieved 28 Jul 2012, page B18

Questions about lobster pounds

What is lobster pounds the plural of?
Lobster pounds is the plural of lobster pound.

Words near lobster pounds in the dictionary

  1. lobster palace
  2. lobster palaces
  3. lobster pot
  4. lobster pots
  5. lobster pound
  6. lobster pounds
  7. lobster prominent
  8. lobster prominents
  9. lobster roll
  10. lobster rolls
  11. lobster sauce

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