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three-pounder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
three---pounder
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed three pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.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

three-pounders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nine-pounder ten-pounder twelve-pounder

Questions

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A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed three pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.

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