Fold
Pound
Pound noun - An enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals.
Usage example: stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified
How words are described
| human | human fold | human pound |
| good | good fold | good pound |
| common | common fold | common pound |
| little | little fold | little pound |
| Other adjectives: extra, double. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Thus, the fringe worlds declared their independence, and the core worlds tried to pound them back into the fold.
Source: Tabletop Game / Starfire -
In Madballs: Escape from Orb, after Bruise Brother (one of Commander Wolfbreath's goons) makes fun of her hair, Freakella says she'd like to pound him flat, fold him into a paper airplane, and send him flying into an open garbage can.
Source: Not Hyperbole -
Read that again: a multi-hundred pound robot breaks his fall with a dinky hang glider small enough to fold into a standard-sized toolbox, all while falling upside-down from several stories of a New York high rise.
Source: Parasol Parachute
Cite this Source
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