How to pronounce pound in American English
“pound” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to pound the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“pound” in real sentences — American speakers
877 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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For every pound of tofu, there's a pound of waste.
USDA
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pound bird anymore, we're going to grow a nine pound bird.
Dept of Justice
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hashtag pound WH hangout.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “pound”
Words one sound away from pound — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pound”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pound. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.