pounder
/ˈpaʊndɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who pounds.
noun
Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Since we often prefer to pound our own cutlets rather than buy uneven precut cutlets from the store, a meat pounder is an important piece of equipment."
- "They steal to the huts, where the women are pounding in mortars the coos-coos, or corn, watch till the pounders are gone for sieves to searce the meal, and then slily creep to the mortars, take out the meal, and carry it off in their pangs, looking every moment behind them, to see if they are observed or pursued[.]"
- "The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle."
- "The Quarter Pounder with Cheese"
- ""Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat."
- "The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder."
Etymology
Etymology tree English pound Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English pounder From pound (“verb”) + -er (“agent suffix”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpaʊndɚ/
- British English: /ˈpaʊndə/