-POUNDER


Meaning of -POUNDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -paʊndə(r) ]

( -pounders)

1.

-pounder can be added to numbers to form nouns that refer to animals or fish that weigh a particular number of pounds.

My fish average 2 lb 8 oz and I’ve had two eight-pounders.

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2.

-pounder can be added to numbers to form nouns that refer to guns that fire shells weighing a particular number of pounds.

The guns were twelve-pounders.

COMB in N-COUNT

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