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Definition of pounder noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pounder

noun

NAmE//ˈpaʊndər//

(in compounds)

1something that weighs the number of pounds mentioned a three-pounder (= a fish, for example, that weighs 3 pounds)

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2a gun that fires a shell that weighs the number of pounds mentioned an eighteen-pounder

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