pound

CEFRB1

/ˈpaʊ̯nd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A unit of weight equal to 16 ounces.

  2. 02

    noun

    The basic money unit of the United Kingdom.

Examples

  • An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.

  • We bought a pound of tea.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈpʰaʊ̯nd]
  • /ˈpæʊ̯nd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.

  2. Various non-English units of measure.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To hit something hard many times.

More examples

In context

  • the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound

  • To be connected, press pound.

  • Holonym: hashtag

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish pund. Doublet of funt, pfund, pood, and punt.