pound

  • 41pound — 1 /paUnd/ noun 1 WEIGHT written abbreviation lb (C) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounces or about 0.454 kilograms: a pound of apples | Moira weighs about 130 pounds. | The grapes cost $2 a pound. 2 MONEY (C) a) written abbreviation the …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42pound — 1. n. 1 a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg). 2 (in full pound sterling) (pl. same or pounds) the chief monetary unit of the UK and several other countries. Phrases and idioms: pound cake a rich… …

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  • 43Pound — 1. n. 1 a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg). 2 (in full pound sterling) (pl. same or pounds) the chief monetary unit of the UK and several other countries. Phrases and idioms: pound cake a rich… …

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  • 44Pound — /pownd/, n. 1. Ezra Loomis /looh mis/, 1885 1972, U.S. poet. 2. Louise, 1872 1958, U.S. scholar and linguist. 3. her brother, Roscoe, 1870 1964, U.S. legal scholar and writer. * * * Unit of weight in the avoirdupois system, the traditional… …

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  • 45Pound — A measure of weight equal to 16 ounces or, metrically, 453.6 grams. The word "pound" goes back to the Latin "pondo" which meant a "weight" (but one of only 12 ounces). The abbreviation for pound—just to confuse… …

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  • 46pound — {{11}}pound (n.1) measure of weight, O.E. pund, from W.Gmc. stem *punda pound as a measure of weight (Cf. Goth. pund, O.H.G. pfunt, Ger. Pfund, M.Du. pont, O.Fris., O.N. pund), early borrowing from L. pondo pound, originally in libra pondo …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 47pound — I UK [paʊnd] / US noun [countable] Word forms pound : singular pound plural pounds *** 1) a) economics a unit of money used in the UK and several other countries. Its symbol is £. b) a coin or banknote worth one pound 2) a unit for measuring… …

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  • 48pound — I. noun (plural pounds; also pound) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pund, from Latin pondo pound, from ablative of pondus weight more at pendant Date: before 12th century 1. any of various units of mass and weight; specifically a unit …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 49pound — I [[t]paʊnd[/t]] v. t. 1) to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc 2) to produce or effect by or as if by striking or thumping (often fol. by out) 3) to force (a way) by battering; batter (often… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50Pound — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Unité Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Pound », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Pound est le nom anglais de la livre… …

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