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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

Example Sentences

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At the edge of the millpond she stopped and looked behind her.

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I climb to the millpond, close the gate, and watch the water slow down, trickle, and then stop.

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On the way home he asked Bando for help, and before the sun set, they had put Oksi, unhooded, into the nest box and erected pole, box, and her in the clearing by the millpond.

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He yiped and rolled into the millpond, stunned.

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"The usual. Cat's breath and fish-scales and moonlight on a millpond, melted and smithied and forged by the dwarfs. You'll be needin' it to bring your star back with you."

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