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pond

UK/pɒnd/ US/pɑnd/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

a small lake

  • “the pond was too small for sailing”
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Origin

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound. * As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.

Phrases

  • ball pond
  • big fish in a little pond
  • big fish in a small pond
  • big-fish-little-pond effect
  • Bryant Pond
  • Chinese pond turtle
  • detention pond
  • drop in the pond

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