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millpond

American  
[mil-pond] / ˈmɪlˌpɒnd /

noun

  1. a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.

millpond British  
/ 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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Etymology

Origin of millpond

First recorded in 1640–50; mill 1 + pond

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This symbolic millpond is all we have to represent the political powerhouse that was federation-era Australia.

From The Guardian

Wild and rough; rust brown and green; flat as a millpond; metal grey; mother of pearl; silver.

From The Guardian

Other ongoing work includes restoring the penstock, the long metal pipe that carries water from the millpond dam to power the water wheel to drive sawmill machinery.

From Washington Times

Nestled beneath the imposing white peaks of two glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca, the aquamarine Lake Palcacocha is as calm as a millpond.

From The Guardian

There was no wind, and the sea looked flat and glassy as a millpond.

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