Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: pounder
IPA transcription: [p'aʊndɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: pestle, muller, pounder
    Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: pounder
    Meaning: (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds; "the fisherman caught a 10-pounder"; "their linemen are all 300-pounders"
Usage examples
  • She had a more definite aim than they, with the prospect of college examinations not so very far away. Brenda had not yet made up her mind to give her approval to her cousin's studying Greek, and she did not take the trouble to contradict Belle and Frances Pounder when they said that it must be a very disagreeable thing to have a cousin who intended to be a teacher.