Plural of pound
regular plural
The plural of pound is pounds.
Forms of pound
| Singular | pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | pounds /paʊndz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Less standard forms: pound (colloquial).
Pounds in a sentence
- Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each.2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN, archived from...
- Pay thousands of pounds a year for your education?2012 November 11, Carole Cadwalladr, “Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university?”, in The Observer, archived from the...
- That horse is twenty-to-one on, so you need to stake twenty pounds just to win one pound.From the entry on
- He became frustrated when his bench increased by only 10 pounds despite a month of training.From the entry bench
- A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.From the entry hundred
Meaning of pound
- noun A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- noun Various non-English units of measure.
- noun A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
Questions about the plural of pound
- What is the plural of pound?
- The plural of pound is pounds.
- Is pound countable?
- Pound is a countable noun.
- Is pound correct?
- pound is marked colloquial in Wiktionary. The usual plural of pound is pounds.
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