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nine-pounders

nine-pounders is the plural of nine-pounder.

Meaning of nine-pounder

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 A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.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

Questions about nine-pounders

What is nine-pounders the plural of?
Nine-pounders is the plural of nine-pounder.

Words near nine-pounders in the dictionary

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

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