pond (pɒnd
)
Definitions
noun
- a pool of still water, often artificially created
- ((in combination) ⇒
a fishpond
Word Origin
C13 ponde enclosure; related to pound³Translations
- British English:
pond
A pond is a small, usually man-made, area of water....a garden pond.pɒnd NOUN ...a garden pond.
- Spanish:
estanque
nf
- French:
mare
nf
- German:
Teich
nm
- Chinese: 池塘 n
- Arabic: بِرْكَة n
- Portuguese: lago nm
- Russian: пруд nm
- Croatian: ribnjak nm
- Czech: rybník nm
- Danish: dam nutr
- Dutch: vijver nm
- Finnish: lampi n
- Greek: λιμνούλα nf
- Italian: stagno nm
- Japanese: 池 n
- Korean: 연못 n
- Norwegian: tjern nnt
- Polish: staw nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: lago nm
- European Spanish:
estanque
nf
- Swedish: damm nutr
- Thai: สระน้ำ n
- Turkish: gölcük n
- Vietnamese: ao n
Usage examples
All that stuff about... all those stories about... about the pond.
, BEHINDLINGS (2002)An alcove embraces a small circular pond in which water spills from a mask head.
Country Life (2004)But then one smites a shot across the pond , la Tiger, and all is well.
Globe and Mail (2003)And yet our philistine cousins across the pond have been appalled by the showing of her first series.
Glasgow Herald (2001)With the New York pond smaller, those actors who remained there had to struggle harder for work.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)