: 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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Michael Guise, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent visitors to the west side of Kansas City’s Penn Valley Park, just south of the pond — between Penn Valley Drive and Penn Drive — may have noticed a stand of trees no longer standing.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Wells and water catchment tanks are drying out, forcing ranchers to turn to groundwater to fill stock ponds for their cows.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Family photos find their spots, including one of an uncle’s pond in Georgia where Johnson spent his childhood fishing, which now hangs in the entry.
—Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said, according to the news outlet, that Greenler lost control of the car and hit a tree before crashing into the pond.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent visitors to the west side of Kansas City’s Penn Valley Park, just south of the pond — between Penn Valley Drive and Penn Drive — may have noticed a stand of trees no longer standing.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Wells and water catchment tanks are drying out, forcing ranchers to turn to groundwater to fill stock ponds for their cows.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Family photos find their spots, including one of an uncle’s pond in Georgia where Johnson spent his childhood fishing, which now hangs in the entry.
—Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pond
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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