Box and Pound

Box

Box noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

Usage example: the vicious bully delivered a box to the child's ear

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Pound and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pound" instead the word "Box" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Word: boxed

Pound noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

Usage example: give the nail a final pound with the hammer

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Box and pound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead the word "Pound" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: pounded, pounding, poundage, pounder

old	old box	old pound
full	full box	full pound
normal	normal box	normal pound
single	single box	single pound
Other adjectives: simple, heavy, massive, big, little, new, final, last, wide.

The Far Side one is in two volumes, each being about as big as a double-size cereal box and the preface even calls it an "18-pound hernia giver".

Source: Doorstopper
Worst News Judgment Ever: "A pound coin has been fond abandoned in a phone box in Whoft."

Source: Website / Framley Examiner
She tells Celestia about her lock picks being shattered, taking an electric shock that nearly blew the fillings out of her teeth, and breaking a 50-pound sledgehammer on the box out of frustration.

Source: Fanfic / The Great Alicorn Hunt

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