1. A unit of weight used in Russia and some other countries, equal to approximately 40.82 pounds or 16.38 kilograms.
Usage: Also spelled 'pud'.; Historical and regional; less common in modern usage outside Russia and former Soviet states.

Examples

• The merchant weighed the grain in poods before shipping it to market.
• A pood is roughly equivalent to 40 pounds.
• Russian literature often mentions weights in poods rather than pounds.
• The old scale displayed measurements in both poods and kilograms.