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millpond

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noun

a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.

RELATED WORDS

pool, pond, basin, lagoon, reservoir, puddle, tank, lake, bath, barrier, dike, levee, gate, ditch, bank, creek, spring, sluice, mouth, mere

Origin of millpond

First recorded in 1640–50; mill1 + pond
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Examples from the Web for millpond

Historical Examples of millpond

  • It was beautiful weather, and the sea as smooth as a millpond.

    A Set of Six

    Joseph Conrad

  • Now he reaches the bridge that crosses the millpond, pauses for breath, then proceeds on.

    An Outcast

    F. Colburn Adams

  • At the upper end of the coombe the spring issued, and at the lower was the millpond.

  • Two of them, then three, four, as they came out on the bank of a millpond.

    Ride Proud, Rebel!

    Andre Alice Norton

  • The lake was calm as a millpond and there was no reason for strenuous rowing.

    The Firebug

    Roy J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for millpond

millpond

noun

a pool formed by damming a stream to provide water to turn a millwheel
any expanse of calm waterthe sea was a millpond
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