(used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
<noun.quantity> the fisherman caught a 10-pounder their linemen are all 300-pounders
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
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Pounder \Pound"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.
Note: Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder.
Ken Chertow, the U.S.'s 114.5 pounder and youngest entry (at age 21), bowed out after suffering the requisite two losses on Wednesday.