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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Nestled beneath the imposing white peaks of two glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca, the aquamarine Lake Palcacocha is as calm as a millpond.
From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2018
He claims that "like other palaces", Lambeth attracts "courtiers" whose main priority is to maintain a "still millpond" with "a minimum of activity".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2013
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 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 usual. Cat's breath and fish-scales and moonlight on a millpond, melted and smithied and forged by the dwarfs. You'll be needin' it to bring your star back with you."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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