millpond

[mil-pond]

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of millpond¹

First recorded in 1640–50; mill ¹ + pond

Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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

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Only the plan is to run out into the smelly millpond and drown us both.

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• lake 
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