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millpond

[ mil-pond ]

/ ˈmɪlˌpɒnd /

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noun

a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.

Origin of millpond

First recorded in 1640–50; mill¹ + pond

Words nearby millpond

milliroentgen, millisecond, millivolt, milliwatt, millième, millpond, millrace, millrind, millrun, mills, mills bomb

Example sentences from the Web for millpond

And is the strait longas long as to the end of the millpond?

A Little Girl in Old St. Louis |Amanda Minnie Douglas
One was shot by a blacksmith on a millpond with a long-range Sharp's rifle, and many of the neighbors went far to see it.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth |John Muir
Two of them, then three, four, as they came out on the bank of a millpond.

Ride Proud, Rebel! |Andre Alice Norton
Beside it, reflecting the golden glory of autumn trees, was the millpond.

Gypsy Flight |Roy J. Snell

Now he reaches the bridge that crosses the millpond, pauses for breath, then proceeds on.

An Outcast |F. Colburn Adams

British Dictionary definitions for millpond

millpond

/ (ˈmɪlˌpɒnd) /

noun

a pool formed by damming a stream to provide water to turn a millwheel

any expanse of calm water the sea was a millpond