lbf.

1. 1.

   a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

   Synonymspound

   Broaderforce unit

   Partsquarter pound

Questions about lbf.

What does lbf. mean?

lbf. means "a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec".

How many syllables are in lbf.?

lbf. has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.