FOUR-POUNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does four-pounder mean? 

• FOUR-POUNDER (noun)
  The noun FOUR-POUNDER has 1 sense:

1. an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds

  Familiarity information: FOUR-POUNDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOUR-POUNDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("four-pounder" is a kind of...):

artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)