pond

[pond]

noun

1. a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.

2. Informal.,  the pond, the Atlantic Ocean.

   American companies are finding business is different on the other side of the pond.

verb (used without object)

1. (especially of water) to collect into a pond or large puddle.

   to prevent rainwater from ponding on the roof.

pond

/ pɒnd /

noun

1. 1. a pool of still water, often artificially created

   2. ( in combination )

      a fishpond

pond

1. An inland body of standing water that is smaller than a lake. Natural ponds form in small depressions and are usually shallow enough to support rooted vegetation across most or all of their areas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pond¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ponde, pande, akin to Old English pynding “dam,” gepyndan “to impound.” See pound ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of pond¹

C13 ponde enclosure; related to _pound ³

Idioms and Phrases

see big fish in a small pond; little frog in a big pond.

Example Sentences

The prize committee said it was "a replicable model for water ecosystem restoration -- one pond at a time."

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He has traveled in a bus packed with U.S. farmers down narrow roads into rural Cambodia, where the landscape is dotted with half-acre ponds used for fish farming.

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Deep in the Point Reyes National Seashore are a cluster of freshwater ponds.

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Whether it was a serious crash, chimney fire or a cow trapped in a pond, when their pager went off, they were first on the scene.

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His marbled niche looks onto a koi pond, a patch of wisteria.

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Related Words

• basin 
• lagoon 
• pool 
• puddle