pound sign

noun

1

: the symbol £

2

: the symbol #

Examples of pound sign in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now the social media company is witnessing the power of the pound sign firsthand. — Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for pound sign

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline