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Pound means A unit of weight in various measurement systems..
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/ˈpaʊ̯nd/ · noun
A unit of weight in various measurement systems..
B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each.
Holonym: hashtag
To be connected, press pound.
‘Good-bye, my dear!' said Sleary. 'You'll make your fortun, I hope, and none of our poor folkth will ever trouble you, I'll pound it.’
“He's done,” said the Moocher brutally. “He didn't hear nuffin, I'll pound it.”
Mr. Sarnoff also sent to the pound one of the best-known dogs in the world. Nipper, the black-and-white terrier usually depicted peering with head cocked into the horn of a Victrola, listening for “His Master's Voice,” was de-emphasized as a corporate symbol.
(Police officer to a dog owner) "He'd better stay calm or I'll have the pound come and get him."
Inspector Douglas Todd: Where did you get a truckload of cigarettes from anyway? / Detective Axel Foley: From the Dearborn Hijacking. / Todd: The Dearborn Hijacking? That bust went down weeks ago. That load's supposed to be in the damn pound!
Use pound when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pound means A unit of weight in various measurement systems..
Common synonyms include buffet, octothorpe, pound sign, hash.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each.
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