: 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
rain ponding on the road
Examples of pond in a Sentence
Noun
They moved here from across the pond.
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
This pond, located at the base of Peak 9 and just a short walk from Main Street, offers stunning views of the Tenmile mountain range.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
The United States, which can gobble up Olympic medals and force-feed its brand of football to a happy audience across the pond, has had to cede superiority to the rest of the world, unable to even get its own term for the game to catch on.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Since then, the organization’s mission has shifted to getting the remaining coal ash ponds capped and closed.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
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Noun
Next to the prison visitors’ parking lot, a small catchment pond holds runoff.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
This pond, located at the base of Peak 9 and just a short walk from Main Street, offers stunning views of the Tenmile mountain range.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
The United States, which can gobble up Olympic medals and force-feed its brand of football to a happy audience across the pond, has had to cede superiority to the rest of the world, unable to even get its own term for the game to catch on.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Since then, the organization’s mission has shifted to getting the remaining coal ash ponds capped and closed.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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