Pound vs. Kilogram

Poundnoun

A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.

Poundnoun

A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.

Poundnoun

(US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash)

Poundnoun

The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.

Poundnoun

Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.

Poundnoun

Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.

Poundnoun

Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force is inaccurate and unscientific.

Poundnoun

A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter.

Poundnoun

(by metonymy) The people who work for the pound

Poundnoun

A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of impound.

Poundnoun

A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.

Poundnoun

A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

Poundnoun

A hard blow.

Poundverb

To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

Poundverb

(transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.

Poundverb

(transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.

Poundverb

To eat or drink very quickly.

Poundverb

To pitch consistently to a certain location.

Poundverb

To beat strongly or throb.

Poundverb

To penetrate sexually, with vigour.

Poundverb

To advance heavily with measured steps.

Poundverb

(engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.

Poundverb

To wager a pound on.

Poundverb

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

Poundverb

To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.

Poundverb

To strike heavy blows; to beat.

Poundverb

To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.

Poundverb

To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

Poundnoun

An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.

Poundnoun

A level stretch in a canal between locks.

Poundnoun

A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

Poundnoun

A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

Poundnoun

A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

Poundnoun

16 ounces;

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

Poundnoun

formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

Poundnoun

the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

Poundnoun

a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

Poundnoun

United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

Poundnoun

a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs;

Poundnoun

the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);

Poundverb

hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument;

Poundverb

strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

Poundverb

move heavily or clumsily;

Poundverb

move rhythmically;

Poundverb

partition off into compartments;

Poundverb

shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits;

Poundverb

place or shut up in a pound;

Poundverb

break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle;

Kilogramnoun

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one liter of water, and now defined as the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Symbol: kg

Kilogramnoun

(proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Kilogramnoun

A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046226 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit.

Kilogramnoun

one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

Kilogram

The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), the metric system, having the unit symbol kg. It is a widely used measure in science, engineering and commerce worldwide, and is often simply called a kilo in everyday speech.