: 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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Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
Locations included private ponds, inland lakes, and Lake Michigan.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 8 July 2025
Mosquitoes with West Nile are known to linger around swamps and ponds and are most active between dusk and dawn.
—Minnesota Public Radio News, Twin Cities, 7 July 2025
Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking.
—Aspen Pflughoeft
july 7, Miami Herald, 7 July 2025
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Noun
There are also a number of lakes, ponds and major rivers that are great for catching a variety of fish.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
Locations included private ponds, inland lakes, and Lake Michigan.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 8 July 2025
Mosquitoes with West Nile are known to linger around swamps and ponds and are most active between dusk and dawn.
—Minnesota Public Radio News, Twin Cities, 7 July 2025
Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking.
—Aspen Pflughoeft
july 7, Miami Herald, 7 July 2025
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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