plural of pound cake

(US) A dense yellow cake, the traditional recipe for which consists of equal quantities (nominally one pound) of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar. / (slang) A term of attraction or desire

(Britain, Ireland) A shop selling household groceries, toys, gimmicks etc, that are typically priced at a pound each.

(US) an animal shelter where stray dogs are kept

(informal) Half a kilogram, or 500 grams.

plural of metric pound

Having started something, one must see it through to its end, rather than stopping short; one must “go the whole hog”.

(physics) Abbreviation for foot-pound force, a unit of work or energy. Using this abbreviation to describe foot-pound force is inaccurate and unscientific.

A unit of weight, rarely used except in the trade of precious metals, equal to 5760 troy grains, 12 troy ounces, or 373.2417 grams.

(obsolete) One of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms.