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pood P0441000 (po͞od)n. A Russian unit of weight equivalent to about 16.4 kilograms (36.1 pounds) avoirdupois. [Russian pud, from Old Norse pund, pound, ultimately from Latin pondō; see pound1.]pood (puːd) n (Units) a unit of weight, used in Russia, equal to 36.1 pounds or 16.39 kilograms[C16: from Russian pud, probably from Old Norse pund pound2]pood (pud, put) n. a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg). [1545–55; < Russian pud < Low German or Old Norse pund pound1] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | pood - a Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 poundsweight unit, weight - a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" |
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Pood a unit of weight formerly used in Russia, Byelorussia, and the Ukraine. The pood, which is first mentioned in 12th-century documents, was equal to 40 funty, or approximately 16.38 kg. Although the pood and other units of the old Russian system were abolished in the USSR in 1924, the pood is still sometimes encountered in reports on agricultural produce, chiefly grain. Pood
PoodA Russian unit of weight approximately equivalent to 16.4 kilograms. It was rendered obsolete when the Soviet Union began to use the metric system in 1924.POOD
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