pound: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with P · ends with D
Meaning of pound
noun
A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
A unit of weight in various measurement systems. Various non-English units of measure.
A unit of mass in various measurement systems. Various non-English units of measure.
A unit of mass in various measurement systems. A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
Listed forms: pounds.
Source: Wiktionary — pound.
verb
- UK, regional, slang, transitive
To wager a pound on.
Listed forms: pounds, pounding, pounded.
Source: Wiktionary — pound.
noun
A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- metonymically
The people who work for the pound.
- UK
A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
Listed forms: pounds.
Source: Wiktionary — pound.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for pound.
noun
16 ounces avoirdupois
- lb
noun
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- British pound
- British pound sterling
- pound sterling
- quid
noun
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- Syrian pound
noun
the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- Sudanese pound
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pound
P(3) + O(1) + U(1) + N(1) + D(2) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of pound
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from pound
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