`num`

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Pound (unit of weight).
  2. Number.
  3. Hashtag.
  4. In English-language Scrabble, indicates that a word is only found in the British accepted word list and not the North American list.

Word forms

`num` # #s

Etymology

Derived from the abbreviation lb for Latin libra (“pound”), via the medieval convention of indicating abbreviations with a bar, ℔.

Synonyms

no.

Related words

£
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