: 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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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 June 2025
The oil has gotten into the groundwater, a nearby stream and a pond.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
These ponds help recharge the groundwater supply through natural filtration before the water is distributed to customers.
—Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Pliny the Elder described how snails were raised in ponds and given wine to fatten them up.
—Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
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Noun
In Andronic's portrait of the iconic nebula, the gaseous outer layers look like a raindrop breaking the surface of a vast cosmic pond.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 June 2025
The oil has gotten into the groundwater, a nearby stream and a pond.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
These ponds help recharge the groundwater supply through natural filtration before the water is distributed to customers.
—Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Pliny the Elder described how snails were raised in ponds and given wine to fatten them up.
—Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for pond
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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