Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nine-pounder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: nine--pounder
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.

noun

A cannonball of the type that gave such a cannon its name.

Inflected Forms

nine-pounders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

three-pounder ten-pounder twelve-pounder

Questions

What does nine-pounder mean?: A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.

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