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dewponds

dewponds is the plural of dewpond.

Meaning of dewpond

Noun

dewpond (plural dewponds)

  1. (archaic) A shallow (typically artificial) pond occurring in hills without any spring as source, originally thought to be fed by condensation (dew or mist), and now generally believed to be rainfed.
    • We have no waters to delight / Our broad and brookless vales— / Only the dewpond on the height / Unfed, that never fails […].1903, Rudyard Kipling, Five Nations, Sussex
    Synonyms:
    mist-pond, fog-pond

Questions about dewponds

What is dewponds the plural of?
Dewponds is the plural of dewpond.

Words near dewponds in the dictionary

  1. dewormings
  2. deworms
  3. dewpoint
  4. dewpoints
  5. dewpond
  6. dewponds
  7. DEWR
  8. dewret
  9. dewrets
  10. dewretted
  11. dewretting

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