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nine-pounder

nine-pounder noun: a cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.

Noun

nine-pounder (plural nine-pounders)

  1. A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
  2. A cannonball of the type that gave such a cannon its name.

Forms of nine-pounder

pluralnine-pounders

Questions about nine-pounder

What does nine-pounder mean?
Nine-pounder means a cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
What part of speech is nine-pounder?
Nine-pounder is a noun.
What is the plural of nine-pounder?
The plural of nine-pounder is nine-pounders.

Words near nine-pounder in the dictionary

  1. nine-one-one
  2. nine-one-ones
  3. nine-pins
  4. nine-point circle
  5. nine-point circles
  6. nine-pounder
  7. nine-pounders
  8. nine-primaried oscine
  9. nine-tenths
  10. nine-thousander
  11. nine-thousanders

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