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pound
What does pound mean?
pound (noun): a unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g).
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce pound?
/paʊnd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does pound come from?
From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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