: 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
ponded; ponding; ponds
: to block (something, such as a stream) to create a pond
: to collect in or form a pond
Examples of pond in a Sentence
Noun
They moved here from across the pond.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The frogs live most of their lives in their underground burrows but can be found in ponds during breeding season beginning in March and running through mid-April.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Like plunging into a cold pond, your decisions ripple across time, eventually bouncing off other areas of your life in ways that aren’t always easy to predict.
—Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
While there, Wesley caught a pink fish from a pond at the western edge of the park.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
More rural parts of the country can also see overflows from factory farms, leading to large amounts of animal waste and other pollutants ending up in ponds, lakes and rivers.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The frogs live most of their lives in their underground burrows but can be found in ponds during breeding season beginning in March and running through mid-April.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Like plunging into a cold pond, your decisions ripple across time, eventually bouncing off other areas of your life in ways that aren’t always easy to predict.
—Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
While there, Wesley caught a pink fish from a pond at the western edge of the park.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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