millpond
Americannoun
noun
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a pool formed by damming a stream to provide water to turn a millwheel
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any expanse of calm water
the sea was a millpond
Etymology
Origin of millpond
Example Sentences
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Simon Jordan's book, Be Careful What You Wish For, is a hand grenade into the millpond of any such wishful thinking.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2012
The girl, possibly a young cousin of William Shakespeare, had been picking flowers when she fell into a millpond near Stratford upon Avon.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2011
The coroners' report, originally written in Latin, describes the death of two-and-half-year-old Jane Shaxspere, who drowned picking marigolds in a stream beside a millpond.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2011
The Swan River just beyond the Waca can often be a millpond with dinghies helplessly becalmed but they buzz along as soon as the doctor calls.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2010
He yiped and rolled into the millpond, stunned.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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