English Explanatory Dictionary

pom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
  2. A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.
noun
  1. Initialism of polyoxometalate.
  2. Initialism of Program Operation Mode.
  3. Initialism of Project Object Model.
  4. Initialism of Prescription-Only Medication.
  5. Initialism of polyoxymethylene.
  6. Initialism of pivaloyloxymethyl.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Port Moresby.
noun
  1. Synonym of Pomeranian, a dog breed or a dog of this breed.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of pom, an Englishman or Briton.
name
  1. An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.

Pronunciation

/pɒm/ /pɑm/ /pɔm/ en-au-pom.ogg

Word forms

pom poms

Etymology

A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American.

Synonyms

Briton and Englishman Super POM Pomeranian

Related words

kiwi pompom Yank pom-pom pom-pom-pull-away tiddly-om-pom-pom Wiktionary’s coverage of Pom terms

Derived words

Pomland pommie pommy ten pound pom pomitude
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