Synonyms of billabong

billabong

noun

ˈbi-lə-ˌbȯŋ 

Australian

as in pool

a small often deep body of water

taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pool
• puddle
• lake
• pond
• mere
• well
• basin
• stank
• hole
• swimming pool
• sinkhole
• water hole

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of billabong

Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants. — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022

The plants and creatures were fossilized when iron-rich groundwater drained into a billabong, or water hole. — Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022

Fifteen million years ago, a river carved through the jungle, leaving an oxbow lake (known as a billabong in Australia) in its wake at McGraths Flat. — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022

Cruises operate daily and are a fantastic way to discover the billabong's remarkable flora and fauna. — Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017

Farmers are fretting about their water being diverted to swamps and billabongs. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010