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twelve-pounder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
twelve--pounder
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed twelve pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.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

twelve-pounders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

three-pounder nine-pounder ten-pounder

Questions

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A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed twelve pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.

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