Collocations for "pound"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pound" in context.
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pound
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- weighs [ten] pounds
- has a weight of [ten] pounds
- the weight is [ten] pounds
- is [ten] pounds in weight
- the weight of the [bag, suitcase] is [ten] pounds
- was [ten] pounds overweight
- a pound of [sugar, flour, butter]
- costs [ten dollars] per pound
- would like to lose a couple (of) pounds
- need to lose a couple (of) pounds
- am trying to lose a couple (of) pounds
- could (stand to) lose a couple (of) pounds
- have lost [ten] pounds (this year)
- trying to [shed, trim] a few pounds
- is the weight in pounds or kilos?
- sports: matched him pound for pound
- [invoice, bill, pay] in pounds
- costs [ten] pounds
- paid [ten] pounds for it
- the pound has [gained, increased] against the dollar
- the pound is [up, down] today
- eat pound cake
- the best pound-for-pound fighter
- an [eight] hundred pound [gorilla, beast]
- my heart pounded
- my heart [pounded, was pounding] with [fear, anticipation]
- her heart [pounded, was pounding] like a [jackhammer, drum, hammer on an anvil]
- pound [the dough, the meat, a hamburger]
- pound [garlic, pepper, herbs] into a [paste, mix]
- pound the [pavement, streets, neighborhood, beat]
- pounded the table with his fist
- pound your fist [on, against]
- pound on the [door, wall, keyboard, keys]
- pound a [pole, stick] into the ground
- pound out a [poem, novel, chapter]
- pound a [poem] out
- pounded him [6-0, 11-0]
- eat pound cake
- idiom: an 800-pound gorilla
'pound' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
British
- apricot
- avocado
- bass
- bean
- bowling
- cake
- cheese
- clam
- conversion
- cotton
- cranberry
- cucumber
- curl
- flour
- flutter
- grapefruit
- hamburger
- hammer
- leek
- lemon
- marrow
- mash
- match
- melon
- mince
- mushroom
- mussel
- nail
- olive
- ounce
- parking
- pasta
- peg
- pepper
- pink
- quarter
- raisins
- relish
- salmon
- sign
- silver
- snatch
- spaghetti
- spice
- steak
- sterling
- strawberry
- stray
- strength