impoundment

noun im·pound·ment \ im-ˈpau̇n(d)-mənt \

|Updated on: 2 Jul 2018

Examples: impoundment in a Sentence

Definition of impoundment

1 : the act of impounding : the state of being impounded

2 : a body of water formed by impounding

Examples of impoundment in a Sentence

after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic

Recent Examples of impoundment from the Web

The company said its new 90 million capacity impoundment/reservoir and intake is being built for approximately $15.4 million, about $6.3 million less than originally estimated.

— allan vought, The Aegis, "Bel Air water company seeks rate increase to recover new reservoir costs," 28 June 2018
These lakes are defined by Texas Parks & Wildlife as a public impoundment 75 acres or smaller within an incorporated city limits, a public park or lying totally within a state park’s boundaries.

— jerry garcia, San Antonio Express-News, "Bexar County is home to 14 community fishing lakes," 11 June 2018
Louisville is seeing a surge in complaints about vehicles abandoned on residential streets ever since the city's 13-acre police impoundment lot hit capacity (and then some).

— phillip m. bailey, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville is littered with abandoned cars, and residents aren't happy," 7 June 2018
The visitor center also provides access to hiking trails that loop around impoundments in the marsh.

— chelsey lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Trip tips: What to do, where to eat and where to stay in the Horicon Marsh area," 31 May 2018
Advocates fear that steady erosion of the riverbank could trigger a catastrophic spill, similar to disasters at coal plants in Tennessee and North Carolina where ash impoundments ruptured and caused millions of dollars in damage.

— michael hawthorne, chicagotribune.com, "Lawsuit seeks crackdown on coal plant pollution in Illinois' only national scenic river," 30 May 2018
The road crosses over the East Branch of the Naugatuck River several times before ending at the East Branch Flood Control Dam — a huge rock impoundment created by the Army Corps of Engineers after the catastrophic flood of 1955.

— peter marteka, courant.com, "Hikers, Are You Up To The Challenge Of These 14 Trails?," 15 May 2018
But the Trump administration already has played around the edges of impoundment.

— david weigel, Washington Post, "Mnuchin pitches line-item veto: ‘Congress could pass a rule’," 25 Mar. 2018
Fishing these upright jigheads is ultra-productive in lakes and impoundments, particularly when conditions aren't the best, but few anglers fish shaky heads in coastal, tidal areas.

— todd masson, NOLA.com, "Redfish gobble this bass finesse bait in the marsh," 26 Apr. 2018

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