: 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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Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
And then to be there on the day, by the pond.
—Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Evergreen Fire/Rescue firefighters rescued a yak trapped in a frozen pond in Evergreen Memorial Park on Wednesday afternoon.
—Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
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Noun
And then there was that whopper of a cliffhanger that saw a mysterious couple jumping into the pond in the 1970s and Sam (Rob Stewart) mirroring Elliot from the show's pilot in the present day.
—Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
And then to be there on the day, by the pond.
—Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Evergreen Fire/Rescue firefighters rescued a yak trapped in a frozen pond in Evergreen Memorial Park on Wednesday afternoon.
—Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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