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pond

24 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) pond (noun)
  2. 2) pond (verb)
  3. pond apple (noun)
  4. pond cypress (noun)
  5. pond dogwood (noun)
  6. pond duck (noun)
  7. pond hen (noun)
  8. pond lily (noun)
  9. pond pine (noun)
  10. pond scum (noun)
  11. pond-scum parasite (noun)
  12. pond skater (noun)
  13. pond snail (noun)
  14. pond spice (noun)
  15. pond thatch (noun)
  16. dew pond (noun)
  17. European pond tortoise (noun)
  18. herring pond (noun)
  19. hot pond (noun)
  20. solar pond (noun)
  21. spray pond (noun)
  22. white pond lily (noun)
  23. yellow pond lily (noun)
  24. Walden Pond (geographical name)

1pond

noun \ˈpänd\

Definition of POND

: a body of water usually smaller than a lake <a fishing pond> —sometimes used with the to refer informally or facetiously to the Atlantic Ocean
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Examples of POND

  1. They moved here from across the pond.

Origin of POND

Middle English ponde artificially confined body of water, probably alteration of pounde enclosure — more at pound
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with POND

blond, bond, fond, frond, Gond, rand, sonde, wand, yond

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