7 pounds can either mean " 7 pounds like in weight " or it can mean " 7 pounds like England money "
They both weigh a pound. Which means the weigh the same
If you see the abbreviation lb in a recipe, it means pound.
Lb is an abbreviation for the Latin word, libra, which means balance and scales, but also stands for libra pondo, meaning pound by weight
Even though a "hectogram" is very rarely used, we know a hectogram is equal to 100 grams, since "hecto" means 100. A pound is roughly 454 grams, so one a hectogram is smaller than a pound.
A pound of steel.