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How to use pounder in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Pounder means a vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding. Example: “The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.”

Examples of pounder by meaning

nounA 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

nounA gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.

  • The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.

nounSomething 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

nounSomething or someone costing so many pounds sterling.

  • The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.

More sentences with pounder

  • Here plant-based versions include crispy, fried not-chicken burgers, beyond meat quarter pounders and dirty fries.2022, Isabel Albiston, Fionn Davenport, Marc Di Duca, Lonely Planet Great Britain. From the entry quarter-pounder
  • Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"2011, Tom Colburn, Shattered Window, page 88. From the entry quarter-pounder
  • Q-ships were usually armed with one 4-inch and two 12-pounder guns.2005, Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, World War I: Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio, →ISBN, page 956. From the entry Q-ship
  • They greatly extended the battlefield and made the 6-pounder even more outgunned in action.2003, Philip R. N. Katcher, The Army of Northern Virginia: Lee's army in the American Civil War, page 50. From the entry outgunned
  • It mounted a 10-inch Columbiad and two 32-pounders on the sea face, with field guns and other 32-pounders elsewhere.2014, Kevin Dougherty, Military Leadership Lessons of the Charleston Campaign, 1861-1865. From the entry bombproof
  • Here we would find, perhaps, three 18-pounder guns dug in as antitank defences supplemented by 60 lb "toffee apple" trench mortar bombs buried as makeshift anti-tank mines.2014, Richard Baber, The SOTCW World War I Compendium. From the entry toffee apple
  • It has given birth to boisterous palm pounders, tin-sheet shakers and shillabers on the right hand, and to nose wrinklers, tongue stickers and loud sneezers on the left.1921, George Jean Nathan, The theatre, the drama, the girls, page 86. From the entry wrinkler

Meaning of pounder

  1. noun A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
  2. noun One who pounds.
  3. noun A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.

Full definition of pounder

Questions about pounder in a sentence

How do you use pounder in a sentence?
Pounder is used as a noun. For example: “The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.”
What is a short sentence with pounder?
“The Quarter Pounder with Cheese”
What does pounder mean?
Pounder means a vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.

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