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; “the fisherman caught a 10-pounder”; “their linemen are all 300-pounders”

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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