Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

pound3

Pronunciation: /paʊnd/

Translate pound | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of pound

noun

  • a place where stray animals, especially dogs, may be officially taken and kept until claimed by their owners.
  • a place where illegally parked motor vehicles removed by the police are kept until their owners pay a fine in order to reclaim them.
  • archaic a place of confinement; a trap or prison.

verb

[with object] archaic
  • shut (an animal) in a pound.

Origin:

late Middle English (earlier in compounds): of uncertain origin. Early use referred to an enclosure for the detention of stray or trespassing cattle

pound in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of pound in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

Word of the day

kempt

/ kɛm(p)t /
adjective
maintained in a neat and clean condition …