1.Definition: 16 ounces avoirdupois

"He got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"

Category: General

2.Definition: a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

Category: General

3.Definition: a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

"Unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"

Category: Objects

4.Definition: a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

Category: General

5.Definition: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

Category: General

6.Definition: formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Related Noun(s):punt

Category: General

7.Definition: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

"The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard", "The pounding of feet on the hallway"

Related Noun(s):hammer

Category: General

8.Definition: the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

Category: General

9.Definition: the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

Category: General

10.Definition: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Related Noun(s):quid

Category: General

11.Definition: the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

Category: General

12.Definition: the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

Category: General

13.Definition: the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

Category: General

14.Definition: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

Related Noun(s):ezra loomis pound, ezra pound

Category: People