pond

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noun

ˈpänd 

: 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

pond

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verb

ponded; ponding; ponds

transitive verb

: to block (something, such as a stream) to create a pond

intransitive verb

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Smaller rivers, canals, ponds and other water bodies were mapped from OpenStreetMap data. —Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025

The 6-year-old boy drowned in a pond at the family's West Chester apartment complex. —Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025

The Beechcraft King Air twin turbo aircraft went down in a water feature/retention pond in the Coral Springs neighborhood of Windsor Bay, but did not strike any houses, the city stated. —Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025

The aircraft, described as a small plane, clipped the top of a palm tree and destroyed a residential fence before coming to rest in a pond at the back of the affected property, local news outlet WFLA reported. —Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English ponde artificially confined body of water, probably alteration of pounde enclosure — more at pound

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1673, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Phrases Containing pond

• a big fish in a little pond
• a big fish in a small pond
• across the pond
• pond lily
• pond scum
• pond skater
• solar pond

Rhymes for pond

• awned
• blond
• blonde
• bond
• conned
• dawned
• donned
• fond
• frond
• gond
• maund
• pawned

Kids Definition

pond

noun

ˈpänd

: a body of water usually smaller than a lake