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pond in Malay

kolam

UK/pɒnd//pɑnd/

pond in Malay: kolam. In English, pond means an inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

Malay words for pond

small lake
kolam

English meaning of pond

  1. noun An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
  2. noun An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
  3. proper noun Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean.
  4. verb To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.

Full definition of pond

pond in a sentence

  • I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.
  • I haven’t been back home across the pond in twenty years.

pond in other languages

Questions about pond in Malay

What is the meaning of pond in Malay?
Pond in Malay is kolam.
Apakah maksud pond dalam bahasa Melayu?
Pond: kolam.
What does pond mean in English?
Pond means an inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pond (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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