millpond
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- noun
- /ˈmɪlˌpɒnd/
- Archaic
- We often went fishing at the millpond, where the water was calm and clear.
- see the millpond
Examples
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The millpond by the old mill was a peaceful place to relax on sunny afternoons.
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Surprisingly, the sea was calm as the proverbial millpond, so as I plowed along, I was able to think about the coming séance and plan a course of action.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Mediterranean was often a millpond, but it could turn into.
Fiction book (1995) -
Beyond the islands, the open ocean was, as his father often said, as calm as a millpond.
Fiction book (1999) -
Oliver, I'm as flat as a millpond.
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She done drown herself in the millpond.
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Well, doesn't that make you feel nice and at home to have Molly come all the way to Paris from the bottom of our old millpond?
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He walked down Cordaville Road, crossed the river, and walked upstream past the old millpond.
Fiction book (2001) -
The children played happily by the millpond, skipping stones across its surface.
Synonyms
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A small area of still water, often natural or made by people
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Etymology
Millpond is easy to picture: mill means a machine that 'grinds grain' and pond means a 'pool of water', so the word originally named the pool made by a dam next to a mill to give it water power. That's why a millpond is a pond built to store water to run a mill.