Meaning of pound | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A hard blow.
3. A unit of weight in various measurement systems. Ellipsis of pound weight. Various non-English units of measure
4. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
5. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
6. A town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
   countable, uncountable
7. Ellipsis of pound weight
8. Ellipsis of pound weight.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
9. The people who work for the pound.
   metonymically
10. A village and town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, both named after Thaddeus C. Pound.
    countable, uncountable
11. Various non-English units of measure
12. Various non-English units of measure.
13. A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
    UK
14. A unit of mass in various measurement systems. Ellipsis of pound mass. Various non-English units of measure. 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
15. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
16. Ellipsis of pound mass.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
17. A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
18. Ellipsis of pound mass
19. A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
20. 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.
21. A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
    Newfoundland
22. A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
23. A unit of force in various measurement systems
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
24. Ellipsis of pound force.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
25. Ellipsis of pound-force.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, non-scientific
26. A unit of currency in various currency systems.
27. The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
28. Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
29. Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
30. Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
    informal
31. The symbol #.
    US

Equivalents

Examples

“B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each.”

“Research shows that retaining even one or two pounds after giving birth can make problems more likely in a subsequent pregnancy, experts said, with women who have several children facing a "slippery slope" if they continue to gain weight each time.”

“"Only a hundred and ninety-three pound," said Mr. Tulliver. "You've brought less o' late; but young fellows like to have their own way with their money. Though I didn't do as I liked before I was of age." He spoke with rather timid discontent.”

“For students in developing countries who can't get it any other way, or for students in the first world, who can but may choose not to. Pay thousands of pounds a year for your education? Or get it free online?”

“He glanced back through what he had read and, while feeling his water flow quietly, he envied kindly Mr Beaufoy who had written it and received payment of three pounds, thirteen and six.”

“the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound”

“He knocked out cans of warm cola at two pound fifty a time.”

“In the report of the Special Budget Commission certifying the estimates for 1874-75, it was announced on authority that the total amount of this debt did not exceed 14,725,000 Turkish pounds(liras), or £13,000,000, while the Special Commission for the verification of the budget for 1875-76 returned the total amount at 10,309,521 Turkish pounds(liras), or £8,935,000.”

“Holonym: hashtag”

“To be connected, press pound.”

“Mr. Sarnoff also sent to the pound one of the best-known dogs in the world. Nipper, the black-and-white terrier usually depicted peering with head cocked into the horn of a Victrola, listening for “His Master's Voice,” was de-emphasized as a corporate symbol.”

“(Police officer to a dog owner) "He'd better stay calm or I'll have the pound come and get him."”

“Inspector Douglas Todd: Where did you get a truckload of cigarettes from anyway? / Detective Axel Foley: From the Dearborn Hijacking. / Todd: The Dearborn Hijacking? That bust went down weeks ago. That load's supposed to be in the damn pound!”

“Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.”

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