noun
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A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
noun
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(in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
example
The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.
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(in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
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(in combination) Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
example
The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.
Examples of pounders in a Sentence
C. Hovey as a prehistoric quarry, proved to be such by the stag horns and boulder pounders found in its vicinity.
When Mr Hovey visited this cave in 1855 he found many extinct torches, charcoal embers, poles and pounders, as well as numerous footprints, in the soft nitreous earth of certain avenues, which were left by exploring parties previous to the coming of the white man.
Nyborg Ditto, completely rigged, her guns of twenty-four pounders.
I had been fishing with mixed success with my cast of Lowland flies and a brace of half pounders nestled in my bag.
Several show signs of use as pounders or rubbing stones and others may have been used as pot boilers.