millpond

[ mil-pond ]

noun

1. a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.

millpond

/ ˈmɪlˌpɒnd /

noun

1. a pool formed by damming a stream to provide water to turn a millwheel
2. any expanse of calm water

   the sea was a millpond

Word History and Origins

Origin of millpond¹

First recorded in 1640–50; mill ¹ + pond

Example Sentences

That it would sit there and bob calmly like a sailboat on a millpond-calm sea?

From The Daily Beast

It was behind the trees beyond Millpond Farm, where the sun had dipped down and left the horizon ablaze.

From Project Gutenberg

A lot of us fellers was out in ‘Squire Jones’s millpond a washing ourselves and swimming.

From Project Gutenberg

They darted around the slower flotilla of merchant steamships like lucky-bugs on a millpond.

From Project Gutenberg

Just over that crest of foam there lay a narrow bay, still as a millpond.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a warm and beautiful day and the water was as calm as a millpond.

From Project Gutenberg

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