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Uncommonpond
The correct spelling is pond.
How to pronounce pond
/pɒnd/
nounIPA: /pɒnd/
Say it like: Pon-d
The correct spelling is pond. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. For example: "I haven't been back home across the pond in twenty years."
Usage Examples
“I haven't been back home across the pond in twenty years.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
- 2.An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
- 3.The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
verb
- 1.To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
- 2.To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
- 3.To form a pond; to pool.
- 4.To ponder.
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