Skip to main content
pounder

pounder

20 6.8
Something that weighs a stated number of pounds
  • noun
  • /ˈpaʊndər/
translation icon : de X libras
  • Well, I got an 18-pounder.
  • quarter pounder
  • quarter pounder with cheese
  • two-pounder

Double Quarter Pounder with cheese, large size.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • A two-hundred-pounder, solid black except for the white cloud mark across its back.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The fisherman was excited when he caught a pounder that weighed over twenty pounds.

  • It's a 1 2 1/2 pounder.

  • I caught a forty pounder last week.

  • Pulled an eighty-pounder out of there one time.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I'd say it's at least a five-pounder.

  • A rex is a 20-pounder.

  • Allen is counting on the 6-foot-6, 300-pounder to help anchor Oakland's front four.

    Blog text (14)
  • Stuhldreher, a 5-7, 151-pounder from Massillon, Ohio, stood far below today's tall, passing quarterbacks.

    Blog text (27)
  • For dinner, I ordered a delicious double pounder that was incredibly fulfilling.

Compounds

four-pounder
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A small cannon that fires a four-pound shot

9.9

A person who pushes Christian beliefs and often quotes the Bible

ivory-pounder
  • Informal
9.9

A skilled piano player who often plays classical music

Surface Forms

pounder singular
pounders plural

Morphology

pounder = pound (semi-transparent) = pound + er

The word is built from 'pound' plus '-er', but the meaning is specialized to something measured by a specified number of pounds.

Etymology

Pounder used with a number comes from the unit pound, which means 'a unit of weight'. So a pounder like '20-pounder' is something that weighs 20 pounds.