pond
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
Noun 2 meanings
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
Verb 3 meanings
To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
To form a pond; to pool.
Etymology
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
POND at a glance
POND has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,259 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pond
All rhymesOne letter away
- BOND7
- FOND8
- PONY9
- PONG7
- PONT6
- COND7
- PONS6
- PONE6
- PEND7
- HOND8
- PONK10
- YOND8
- PAND7
- POOD7
- KOND9
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