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fish-pond

fish-pond is the alternative spelling of fishpond.

Meaning of fishpond

Noun

fishpond (plural fishponds)

  1. A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.
    • Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.1987 January 18, Paula Deitz, “ISLAND LIVING, ENGLISH STYLE”, in The New York Times

Forms of fish-pond

pluralfish-ponds

Questions about fish-pond

What is fish-pond the alternative spelling of?
Fish-pond is the alternative spelling of fishpond.

Words near fish-pond in the dictionary

  1. fish-knife
  2. fish-knives
  3. fish-mongress
  4. fish-mongresses
  5. fish-out-of-water
  6. fish-pond
  7. fish-ponds
  8. fish-sauce
  9. fish-sauces
  10. fish-scale
  11. fish-scales

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