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Meanings of pond in English
Body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is usually smaller than a lake.
Synonyms
Examples for "pool"
Examples for "pool"
1
Mr. Cullman said that the pool held a million gallons of water.
2
Wilson said, all things considered, they have drawn quite a good pool.
3
Political power should not be allowed to pool overmuch in one place.
4
The result is intensifying competition for a largely static pool of business.
5
If properly structured, however, the pool can bring a family closer together.
1
In the latter case, median lifespan is doubled if animals live in a non-sterile vivarium.
2
The pilgrim is well met; he will go to swell the contents of my vivarium.
3
Evidently the vivarium near the temple of Esculapius, on the neighboring island, had caught fire.
4
We went to see the vivarium in Hyde Park.
5
Vinicius stood up, and said,-"Lionsare roaring in the vivarium."
1
The salt- water pool has computer-controlled waterfalls, fountains and stone bridges.
2
Once he fell into a salt water pool and came out wet through to the waist.
3
There are green fields all around, views of the Pyrenees and a salt- water pool for early-evening dips.
4
The thermal suite with a salt water pool, ice fountain and sauna makes for an unforgettable experience.
5
Sometimes he walked all the way to the Kahala to watch the dolphins zoom around their salt water pool.
1
That light spot is the desert; that pool of water the ocean.
2
I stepped back, one foot almost slipping into the pool of water.
3
At the base were a spring and a small pool of water.
4
I seemed to be looking at them through a pool of water.
5
He was as peaceful and empty as a still pool of water.
Usage of pond in English
1
Today they were to clear the pond near the Number Ten fairway.
2
The pond shall be drained, holy father; I have already ordered it.
3
Vomit is a more dangerous material to inhale than, say, pond water.
4
And again the miracle of the hundred-thousand-tonner in the pond was performed.
5
Right, and pond scum's the nicest thing anybody ever said about him.
6
The water was quite cold; the pond froze over the following night.
7
The children's playtime was over; the ducks in the pond were silent.
8
Across the pond in the near distance loomed the dark fir trees.
9
It was tied to a water-plant in the middle of the pond.
10
Notice the wind-ripples on the pond; they have become fixed and motionless.
11
Follow its course until you reach a briny pond, where it ends.
12
He did not know whose it was; it belonged to the pond.
13
We cut our own ice in the pond back of the orchard.
14
She walked to the pond three and sometimes four times a week.
15
The work includes woodland management, dry-stone walling, stream clearing and pond maintenance.
16
I say 'sensed.' It bobbed about like a cork on a pond.
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Pond through the time
Pond across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
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