English-Thai Dictionary
pounder
N คน ตี หรือ บด kon-te-rue-bod
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POUNDER
n.A postle; the instrument of pounding. 1. A person or thing denominated from a certain number of pounds; as a cannon is called a twelve-pounder; a person of ten pounds annual income is called a ten-pounder; a note or bill is called a ten-pounder.
2. A large pear.
Pound foolish. The phrase, penny wise and pound foolish, signified negligent in the care of large sums, but careful to save small sums.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POUNDER
POUNDER Pound "er, n.
1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc. ; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.
Note: Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pounder
pound er |ˈpoundər ˈpaʊndər | ▶noun [ usu. in combination ] 1 a person or thing weighing a specified number of pounds: Sloan set a blue-shark record with a 184 -pounder. • a gun designed to fire a shell weighing a specified number of pounds. 2 a person or thing that pounds something: he's direct, but not abrasive, not a desk-pounder.
Oxford Dictionary
pounder
pound ¦er |ˈpaʊndə | ▶noun [ usu. in combination ] 1 a person or thing weighing a specified number of pounds: Sloan set a blue-shark record with a 184 -pounder. • a gun designed to fire a shell weighing a specified number of pounds. 2 a person or thing that pounds something: he's direct, but not abrasive, not a desk-pounder.
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