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pounds salt

pounds salt is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pound salt.

Meaning of pound salt

Verb

pound salt (third-person singular simple present pounds salt, present participle pounding salt, simple past and past participle pounded salt)

  1. To grind salt crystals into powder using a mortar and pestle or similar device.
  2. Synonym of pound sand.
    • He still persisted and, at that point, I guess, being born and raised in New York City, I had had enough of him and I said, 'Hey, you can go pound salt.'1987, Charles R. Ashman, Pamela Trescott, Diplomatic Crime, page 278
    Synonyms:
    pound sand

Questions about pounds salt

What is pounds salt the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pounds salt is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pound salt.

Words near pounds salt in the dictionary

  1. pounds a beat
  2. pounds dirt
  3. pounds for pylons
  4. pounds of flesh
  5. pounds out
  6. pounds salt
  7. pounds sand
  8. pounds sand into a rathole
  9. pounds sterling
  10. pounds the pavement
  11. pounds-mass

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