name
Meaning 1
Abbreviation of Port Moresby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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Standard Lemma guide
pom
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /pɒm/
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US: /pɑm/
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Australian: /pɔm/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒm
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CMU ARPABET: P AO1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, mildly, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: cocktail
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noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of polyoxometalate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Initialism of Program Operation Mode.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
Initialism of Project Object Model.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Qualifier: Java
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
Initialism of Prescription-Only Medication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
Initialism of polyoxymethylene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
Initialism of pivaloyloxymethyl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
Synonym of Pomeranian, a dog breed or a dog of this breed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: Pomeranian
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noun
Meaning 12
Alternative letter-case form of pom, an Englishman or Briton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, alt-of, derogatory, mildly, slang
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noun
Meaning 13
a disparaging term for a British person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: English person
History
Etymology
A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American.
A clipping of Pomeranian, q.v.