pood

[ pood; Russian poot ]

/ pud; Russian put /

noun

a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kilograms).

Origin of pood

First recorded in 1545–55; from Russian pud, from Low German or Old Norse pund “pound (unit of weight and measure)”; see pound²

Words nearby pood

Ponzi, Ponzi scheme, ponzu, poo, pooch, pood, poodle, poodle-faker, poof, poofter, pooh

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Example sentences from the Web for pood

The pood, be it remembered, is equal to (rather more than) 36 lbs.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII.|Various
Over this spread a pood of tar, and fasten upon it another hide.
Fairy Tales from Many Lands|Katherine Pyle
In some years wheat has been sold for ten copecks the pood, and other products at proportionate prices.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life|Thomas Wallace Knox
When he rose from table Chichikov felt as though a pood's weight were inside him.
Dead Souls|Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

We have bought clover seed at ten roubles a pood, but we have no money left for oats.
Letters of Anton Chekhov|Anton Chekhov

British Dictionary definitions for pood

pood

/ (puːd) /

noun

a unit of weight, used in Russia, equal to 36.1 pounds or 16.39 kilograms

Word Origin for pood

C16: from Russian pud, probably from Old Norse pund pound ²

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单词	pood
释义	pood [ pood; Russian poot ] / pud; Russian put / noun a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kilograms). Origin of pood First recorded in 1545–55; from Russian pud, from Low German or Old Norse pund “pound (unit of weight and measure)”; see pound² Words nearby pood Ponzi, Ponzi scheme, ponzu, poo, pooch, pood, poodle, poodle-faker, poof, poofter, pooh Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pood The pood, be it remembered, is equal to (rather more than) 36 lbs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII.\|Various Over this spread a pood of tar, and fasten upon it another hide. Fairy Tales from Many Lands\|Katherine Pyle In some years wheat has been sold for ten copecks the pood, and other products at proportionate prices. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life\|Thomas Wallace Knox When he rose from table Chichikov felt as though a pood's weight were inside him. Dead Souls\|Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol We have bought clover seed at ten roubles a pood, but we have no money left for oats. Letters of Anton Chekhov\|Anton Chekhov British Dictionary definitions for pood pood / (puːd) / noun a unit of weight, used in Russia, equal to 36.1 pounds or 16.39 kilograms Word Origin for pood C16: from Russian pud, probably from Old Norse pund pound ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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