millpond
millpond noun: a pond or reservoir produced by damming a river or stream in order to provide a steady source of water for a millrace.
Noun
millpond (plural millponds)
- A pond or reservoir produced by damming a river or stream in order to provide a steady source of water for a millrace.
- When I came to the saw-mill at Brække, the sky was overcast, it was already growing dark, only above the level of the north-western horizon there appeared a streak of light, which threw a subdued glimmer on the tranquil surface of the mill-pond.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152
Forms of millpond
| plural | millponds |
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Origin of millpond
From mill + pond.
Words formed from millpond
Questions about millpond
- What does millpond mean?
- Millpond means a pond or reservoir produced by damming a river or stream in order to provide a steady source of water for a millrace.
- What part of speech is millpond?
- Millpond is a noun.
- What is the plural of millpond?
- The plural of millpond is millponds.
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