`num`
nounEtymology Derived from the abbreviation lb for Latin libra (“pound”), via the medieval convention of indicating abbreviations with a bar, ℔.
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US Pound (unit of weight).
- 3#
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Number.
Precedes a numeral
- #3
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Internet Number.
- I have collected U.S. Stamps since I was a boy back in the 1950's. At that time there was a low # being printed and it was affordable.1997 June 17, RYankowski [username], “Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
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Informal, Preceding a phrase Hashtag.
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Scrabble, Board games, Games In English-language Scrabble, indicates that a word is only found in the British accepted word list and not the North American list.
- PTERION#
- Related terms
- £