Thesaurus results for PUDDLE

puddle

noun

ˈpə-dᵊl

Definition of puddle next

as in pool

a small often deep body of water splashing in the puddles on the way home from the bus stop

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Recent Examples of puddle The screen cuts to Peppa, face down in a puddle in the centre circle. —

Tim Spiers, New York Times, 5 May 2026 Avoid puddles - Driving into puddles or low rainwater areas can lead to vehicles hydroplaning or losing control. —

Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2026 The dirt-only diamond was loamy and soft and home plate was totally submerged in a muddy puddle, a tributary of which also snaked down the third-base line. —

Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026 Nilan would graduate from that puddle to Catholic Memorial to Northeastern to the great hockey palaces of his day, the Montreal Forum, Madison Square Garden and Boston Garden. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for puddle

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pool

Noun

The format for the Division 1 playoffs was changed this year to a 16-team field that begins with pool play.

— Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, where in many cases oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls.

— Duaa Eldeib, CNN Money, 8 May 2026