Word Finder - pound

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A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.

synonyms

• lb

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A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.

synonyms

• lb t

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The symbol # (octothorpe, hash)

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• hash
• sharp

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The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.

synonyms

• GBP
• nicker
• pound sterling
• quid
• £

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Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.

synonyms

• punt

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Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.

example

the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound

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Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force is inaccurate and unscientific.

Sofia wanted to pound Jake's face in.

There was something else in her eyes that made his blood pound harder.

Fred shrugged as he continued to pound away at the keys.

This fund is raised by the rate of 6d.in the pound on the assessable value of the county of London, and redistributed among the boroughs in proportion to their population.

Foreign gold coins, especially the pound sterling (par value 110 piastres) and the French 20-franc piece (par value 872 piastres) have free currency.

She was as nervous as a cat in a dog pound.

Her apartment was cold, and sunlight streamed through the blinds, making her head pound harder.

His head started to pound.

That meant for every pound someone made, he owed more than a pound in taxes.

A few of the gents nodded off but the pastor would quickly bring them back we a raised voice and a fist pound, prompting a hearty Amen.

Darian's head began to pound.

On the other hand, a pound of premium ground coffee can provide 42 six-ounce cups at about twenty-four cents per cup.

But in what sense is there "a half," which is the same for "half a foot" as "half a pound" ?

In other words, each pound of chlorate would require an expenditure of nearly 5.1 e.h.p. hours.

Pure crystalline calcium carbide yields 5.8 cubic feet of acetylene per pound at ordinary temperatures, but the carbide as sold commercially, being a mixture of the pure crystalline material with the crust which in the electric furnace surrounds the ingot, yields at the best 5 cubic feet of gas per pound under proper conditions of generation.

So, although a price of 6'5 cents a pound covered expenses of the planter of Burley in the Blue Grass, who could use the same land for tobacco once in four years, this price did not repay the hill planter.

In 1906 and in 1907 the crop was very large; the pool sold its lower grades of the 1906 crop at 16 cents a pound to the American Tobacco Company and forced the independent buyers out of business; and the Burley Society decided in 1907 to grow no more tobacco until the 1906 and 1907 crops were sold, making the price high enough to pay for this period of idleness.

When the Houses of Parliament were burned down in 1834, the pound was lost and the yard was injured.

Orange liqueur flamed chocolate fondue is served with strawberries, apples, melon, banana, pineapple, pound cake, and marshmallows.

His touch was like an electric shock, forcing her heart to pound.

A "troy pound " and a new standard yard, as well as secondary standards, were constructed by direction of parliament in 1758-1760, and were deposited with the Clerk of the House of Commons.

We were all as nervous as cats at a dog pound.

Liebreich having apparently shown that it acts upon the blood in the same way as carbon monoxide to form a stable com pound.

The ounce, for instance, is one-sixteenth of the pound, but it is impossible to find 16 objects such that their weights shall be exactly equal and that the sum of their weights shall be exactly equal to the weight of the standard pound.

Fishing operations are carried on extensively in Lake Erie, the fish being taken with gill nets, seins and pound nets.

The Romans commonly used fractions with denominator 12; these were described as unciae (ounces), being twelfths of the as (pound).

He was a great advocate of the pound and mil scheme.

The gas which is obtained by the destructive distillation of coal, and which we employ as our chief illuminant, is not a definite com pound, but a mechanical mixture of several gases, some Gaseous .

Under these conditions producer gas ceases to exist as a by-product, and the gases of the blow consist merely of the incombustible products of com plete combustion, carbon dioxide and nitrogen, the result being that more than three times / the heat is developed for the combustion of the same amount of fuel, and nearly double the quantity of water gas can be made per pound of fuel than was before possible.

In practical work about 4 lb of steam is decomposed for each pound of anthracite consumed, and no more than 5% of carbon dioxide is found in the resulting gas.

Every pound of it is weighed and accounted for, and entered upon the books, so as to show the exact product of each division of the farm.

The country was still bearing an income-tax of elevenpence in the pound; it appeared that the old sources of revenue were inadequate; and meanwhile the statistics of trade, it was argued, showed that the English free-import system hampered English trade while providing the foreigner with a free market.

A pound of air, representing about cub.

Each pound of steam can thus be made to give up some 950 units of heat; while in a good steam engine only about 200 units are utilized in the steam cylinder per pound of steam, and in addition allowance has to be made for mechanical inefficiency.

The warmth of his hands as he slid them under her blouse made her heart pound.

He could feel the blood flowing through her veins, and hear her heart pound.

Bloodlust kicked in, and his head began to pound.

In Scotland, the maximum fine on summary conviction is £40,000, or an unlimited fine on conviction on indictment.

The measures used were the local basket, full-size being one bushel, and the pound avoirdupois.

Their collective backsides contained enough material, pound for pound, to feed a small nation for a week.

The party is aware that they make unlikely bedfellows with the Save the Pound brigade.

The drawing on the cover depicted a caveman eating what looked like a quarter pound cheeseburger.

Peel and slice the garlic and onions, slice the chillies and pound them all in a mortar with the ginger and mustard seeds.

Another golf ball size of mashed bread was introduced, three more chub followed, all around the two pound mark.

Note - Some prefer not to pound the chillies, but to add them just before putting the chutney into the bottles.

Each recipient having a quarter a pound of meat, potatoes, plum pudding and a penny loaf.

However, the British economy is now lumbered with high interest rates and a very high level of the pound.

We had an American mainframe that couldn't even do a pound sign.

Friday 14th January 2005 Greyhound stadium delay A planned multi-million pound makeover at Great Yarmouth Greyhound stadium has been put back.

Is it fair to starve us to death and then complain that your pound of flesh looks malnourished?