pood

• poud

From Russian пуд (pud). Doublet of funt, pfund, pound, and punt.

• IPA^(key): /puːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd

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pood (plural poods)

1. An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds).
   • 1869, Great Britain. Parliament, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, page 295:

     About 250,000 poods of yuft are prepared annually, of which about 150,000 poods are red yuft, manufactured chiefly for foreign markets.

2. A Russian unit of mass used for kettlebells, now rounded off to 16 kg (about 35.274 pounds).

• doop, podo-

From Middle Low German bode. Related to German Bude.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːd̥ʲ/, [ˈpoːd̥ʲ]

pood (genitive poe, partitive poodi)

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