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■ pound intov. t. + prep.1 tritare battendo; frantumare; ridurre in: to pound rocks into powder, ridurre in polvere (o frantumare) rocce; to pound millet into flour, ridurre miglio in farina2 conficcare, piantare in □ (fig.) to pound st. into sb. 's head, inculcare qc. in testa a q. □ to pound st. into a jelly, fare una marmellata di qc. (fig.).
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pound cake — noun rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour • Hypernyms: ↑cake, ↑loaf * * * noun Etymology: so called from the original method of measuring the principal ingredients in pounds : a rich butter cake made with many eggs… … Useful english dictionary
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