64-pounder

64-pounder
A muzzleloading gun capable of firing shells weighing sixty-four pounds

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  • Pounder Hotel Kunshan (Kunshan) — Pounder Hotel Kunshan country: China, city: Kunshan (City) Pounder Hotel Kunshan Location The Pounder Hotel Kunshan is located in the north part of the city, only a few minutes drive to the city centre. Rooms All guestrooms are elegantly equipped …   International hotels

  • Pounder — Pound er, n. 1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle. [1913 Webster] 3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pounder — [ paundər ] suffix used with a number to show the weight of something in pounds a. a quarter pounder/half pounder a BURGER that weighs a quarter/half of a pound …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • -pounder — UK [paʊndə(r)] US [paʊndər] suffix used with a number to show the weight of something in pounds Thesaurus: weight and describing weighthyponym general words for heavy thingssynonym Phrases …   Useful english dictionary

  • -pounder — [poun′dər] combining form something weighing or worth (a specified number of) pounds: used in hyphenated compounds [five pounder] * * * …   Universalium

  • -pounder — [poun′dər] combining form something weighing or worth (a specified number of) pounds: used in hyphenated compounds [five pounder] …   English World dictionary

  • pounder — [poun′dər] n. a person or thing that pounds …   English World dictionary

  • Pounder — CCH Pounder (links) Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (* 25. Dezember 1952 in Guyana) ist eine Film und Fernsehschauspielerin. Ihr Filmdebut lieferte sie in dem preisgekrönten Film All That Jazz ab. Danach hatte sie in vielen anderen erfolgreichen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pounder —   Mea ku i.    ♦ Poi pounder, pōhaku ku i ai, pōhaku ku i poi.    ♦ Ring poi pounder, pōhaku ku i ai puka.    ♦ Whale tooth pounder, pōhaku ku i palaoa.    ♦ Top of poi pounder, pōheoheo …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • pounder — pound|er [ˈpaundə US ər] n a 3 pounder/24 pounder/185 pounder etc a) an animal, fish, or person that weighs 3 pounds, 24 pounds etc b) a gun that fires a ↑shell that weighs 3 pounds, 24 pounds etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pounder — pounder1 /pown deuhr/, n. a person or thing that pounds, pulverizes, or beats. [bef. 1050; OE punere pestle (not found in ME); see POUND1, ER1] pounder2 /pown deuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound… …   Universalium

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