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Walden Pond

noun

  1. a pond in NE Massachusetts, near Concord: site of Thoreau's cottage and inspiration for his book Walden, or Life in the Woods.


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Example Sentences

I’m at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts—one of the closest public bodies of fresh water to Boston—for a good, long open-water swim.

Last month the Massachusetts state legislature responded to a spate of drownings by banning open-water swimming in all state-owned bodies of water, including Walden Pond.

After leaving Mr. ———, we proceeded through wood-paths to Walden Pond, picking blackberries of enormous size along the way.

His account of going into business at Walden Pond is in the same happy vein.

I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself.

"Walden Pond" is one of America's certain contributions to the world's great books.

The pond was a small ocean; the Atlantic a large Walden Pond.

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Walden, or Life in the WoodsWaldenses