pound
Definitions
Noun
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- The basic unit of money in great britain and northern ireland; equal to 100 pence
- A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- The basic unit of money in syria; equal to 100 piasters
- The basic unit of money in the sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- The basic unit of money in lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- Formerly the basic unit of money in ireland; equal to 100 pence
- The basic unit of money in egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- The basic unit of money in cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- United states writer who lived in europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
- A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in great britain)
- A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Verb
- Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- Move heavily or clumsily
- Move rhythmically
- Partition off into compartments
- Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- Place or shut up in a pound
- Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "pound".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pounds | 1 | 44 |
| 2 | pound | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | compounds | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | compounded | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | compound | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | pounding | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | pounded | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | expounded | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | compounding | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | expounding | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | impoundments | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | expound | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | expounds | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | impound | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | impounded | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | impounding | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | impoundment | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | impounds | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | pound's | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | poundage | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | pounder | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | pounders | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | poundstone | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | propound | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | propounded | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "pound".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pound".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 22
Fragments: 25
Sound Alikes: 15
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers review | Stevie Chick's album of the week
Mar 13, 2026 The Guardian
Mar 13, 2026 The Guardian
Specialists Carefully Defuse a 550-Pound Bomb in Dresden—Eight Decades After It Fell During World War II
Mar 13, 2026 Smithsonian Magazine
Mar 13, 2026 Smithsonian Magazine

