Definitions
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
Word origin
From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”).
Used in a sentence
“For students in developing countries who can't get it any other way, or for students in the first world, who can but may choose not to. Pay thousands of pounds a year for your education? Or get it free online?”
“He glanced back through what he had read and, while feeling his water flow quietly, he envied kindly Mr Beaufoy who had written it and received payment of three pounds, thirteen and six.”
“the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Currency of Egypt”5 letters
02“Currency of England”5 letters
03“Currency of South Sudan”5 letters
04“Currency of Sudan”5 letters
05“Currency of the UK”5 letters
06“Unit of weight”5 letters
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