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POUNDER
pestle, muller, pounder
(noun) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
pounder
(noun) (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds; āthe fisherman caught a 10-pounderā; ātheir linemen are all 300-poundersā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pounder (plural pounders)
A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
Etymology 2
Noun
pounder (plural pounders)
(in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
(in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
(in combination) Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
Anagrams
• unroped
Proper noun
Pounder
A surname.
Anagrams
• unroped
Source: Wiktionary
Pound"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.
Note: Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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