millpond
Americannoun
noun
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a pool formed by damming a stream to provide water to turn a millwheel
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any expanse of calm water
the sea was a millpond
Etymology
Origin of millpond
Example Sentences
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He claims that "like other palaces", Lambeth attracts "courtiers" whose main priority is to maintain a "still millpond" with "a minimum of activity".
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2013
The coroners' report, originally written in Latin, describes the death of two-and-half-year-old Jane Shaxspere, who drowned picking marigolds in a stream beside a millpond.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2011
The Swan River just beyond the Waca can often be a millpond with dinghies helplessly becalmed but they buzz along as soon as the doctor calls.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2010
For anyone slightly confused by that clumsy attempt at sarcasm, the Daily Telegraph has chucked a rock into the millpond this morning.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2010
Sam was dipping a water bucket into the millpond when he saw Chup leave the nest box.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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