pound off

1. 1.

   partition off into compartments

   “The locks pound the water of the canal”

   Synonymspound

   Broaderpartition

Questions about pound off

What does pound off mean?

pound off means "partition off into compartments".

What is another word for pound off?

Close synonyms include pound. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pound off a common word?

pound off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.