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ten-pounder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
ten--pounder
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of tenpounder (“ladyfish”).

noun

A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed ten pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.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

ten-pounders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

three-pounder nine-pounder twelve-pounder

Questions

What does ten-pounder mean?
Alternative form of tenpounder (“ladyfish”).

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