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pound [pounds] (place for the detention of stray animals) noun [UK: paʊnd] [US: ˈpaʊnd] | dierenasielsubstantief |
pound [pounded, pounding, pounds] (to strike hard repeatedly) verb [UK: paʊnd] [US: ˈpaʊnd] | beukenwerkwoord |
pound [pounds] (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)) noun [UK: paʊnd] [US: ˈpaʊnd] | pondsubstantief |
pound sterling [pounds sterling] (currency of the UK) noun [UK: paʊnd ˈstɜːl.ɪŋ] [US: ˈpaʊnd ˈstɝːl.ɪŋ] | pondsubstantief pond sterlingsubstantief |
compound (composed of elements) adjective [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd] | samengesteldbijvoeglijk naamwoord |
compound [compounds] (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd] | verbindingsubstantief |
compound [compounds] (group of buildings for the same purpose) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd] | complexsubstantief |
compound bow noun | compoundboogsubstantief |
compound eye [compound eyes] (a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd aɪ] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd ˈaɪ] | facetoogsubstantief |
compound sentence (a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction and/or punctuation.) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd ˈsen.təns] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd ˈsen.təns] | gecoördineerde zinsubstantief nevenschikkende zinsubstantief |
compound word (word composed of others) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd ˈwɜːd] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd ˈwɝːd] | samenstellingsubstantief |
expound [expounded, expounding, expounds] (explain or discuss at length) verb [UK: ɪk.ˈspaʊnd] [US: ɪk.ˈspaʊnd] | uiteenzettenwerkwoord |
impound [impounded, impounding, impounds] (to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate) verb [UK: ɪm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˌɪm.ˈpaʊnd] | confisquerenwerkwoord in beslag nemenwerkwoord |
in for a penny, in for a pound (Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof) [UK: ɪn fɔː(r) ə ˈpe.ni ɪn fɔː(r) ə paʊnd] [US: ɪn ˈfɔːr ə ˈpe.ni ɪn ˈfɔːr ə ˈpaʊnd] | |
organic compound [organic compounds] (carbon containing covalent compound) noun [UK: ɔː.ˈɡæ.nɪk kəm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ɔːr.ˈɡæ.nɪk ˈkɑːm.paʊnd] | organische verbindingsubstantief |