billabongs

noun

plural of billabong, Australian
as in puddles
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

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  1. puddles
  2. pools
  3. lakes
Noun
  • There were large puddles of waste around the camp and in the gullies between tents.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • My impression of bath mats was that there was little to nothing to do about mildew, puddles of water, and discoloration.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of puddles
Noun
  • That calculus changes as AI systems connect to larger pools of internal data.
    — Nick Burling, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Rooms are below and the pools and gardens on the ground floor – though this does make the lifts a little confusing as numbers go up even though floors go down.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of pools
Noun
  • Boren owns a ranch along State Highway 75 near Alturas and Redfish lakes.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Mars was once home to a variety of bodies of water like lakes and rivers.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of lakes
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“Billabongs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billabongs. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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