pounder

Plural: pounders

Noun

• One that pounds; a tool or device for pounding.
• (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
  • "the fisherman caught a 10-pounder"
  • "their linemen are all 300-pounders"
• a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
• A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
• A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
• Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
• Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.

Examples

• The heavy tile bag was a real POUNDER, always giving him the letters he didn’t need.
• The Quarter Pounder with Cheese
• The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.
• The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.

Synonyms

muller, pestle

Related Words

64-pounder, four-pounder, half-pounder, mortar and pestle, quarter-pounder, ten-pounder