millpond

[ mil-pond ]
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noun
  1. a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.

Origin of millpond

1
First recorded in 1640–50; mill1 + pond

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British Dictionary definitions for millpond

millpond

/ (ˈmɪlˌpɒnd) /


noun
  1. a pool formed by damming a stream to provide water to turn a millwheel

  2. any expanse of calm water: the sea was a millpond

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