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pounder

/ˈpaʊndə/US/ˈpaʊndɚ/

pounder noun: a vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.

Noun (1)

pounder (plural pounders)

  1. A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
    • Since we often prefer to pound our own cutlets rather than buy uneven precut cutlets from the store, a meat pounder is an important piece of equipment.2014, The Cook's Illustrated Meat Book
  2. One who pounds.
    • They steal to the huts, where the women are pounding in mortars the coos-coos, or corn, watch till the pounders are gone for sieves to searce the meal, and then slily creep to the mortars, take out the meal, and carry it off in their pangs, looking every moment behind them, to see if they are...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 496

Noun (2)

pounder (plural pounders)

  1. (in-compounds) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
    • The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.
  2. (in-compounds) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
    • The Quarter Pounder with Cheese
    • "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.1970, Field & Stream, volume 75, number 7, page 76

Noun (3)

pounder (plural pounders)

  1. (in-compounds) Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
    • The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.

Proper noun capitalized: Pounder

Pounder (plural Pounders)

  1. A surname.

Examples of pounder in a sentence

  • Here plant-based versions include crispy, fried not-chicken burgers, beyond meat quarter pounders and dirty fries.
  • Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"
  • Q-ships were usually armed with one 4-inch and two 12-pounder guns.

All 12 example sentences with pounder

Forms of pounder

Noun
pluralpounders
alternative formpr.
alternative formpdr.
alternative formpdr
Proper noun
pluralPounders

Plural of pounder: pounders

Origin of pounder

From pound (“verb”) + -er (“agent suffix”).

From pound (“measure of weight”) + -er.

From pound (“unit of money, measure of value”) + -er.

Words formed from pounder

Phrases with pounder

Questions about pounder

What does pounder mean?
Pounder means a vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
What part of speech is pounder?
Pounder can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pounder?
Pounder is pronounced /ˈpaʊndə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pounder?
The plural of pounder is pounders.

Words near pounder in the dictionary

  1. pounded salt
  2. pounded sand
  3. pounded sand into a rathole
  4. pounded the pavement
  5. pounded yam
  6. pounder
  7. pounders
  8. Poundesque
  9. Poundian
  10. poundies
  11. poundin'

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