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nursepond

nursepond noun: a pond where fish are fed.

Noun

nursepond (plural nurseponds)

  1. (rare) A pond where fish are fed.
    • And I note , that when you store your pond , you are to put into it two or three melters for one spawner , if you put them into a breeding pond ; but if into a nurse-pond or feeding-pond , in which they will not breed , then no care is to be taken1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...

Forms of nursepond

pluralnurseponds

Origin of nursepond

From nurse + pond.

Questions about nursepond

What does nursepond mean?
Nursepond means a pond where fish are fed.
What part of speech is nursepond?
Nursepond is a noun.
What is the plural of nursepond?
The plural of nursepond is nurseponds.

Words near nursepond in the dictionary

  1. nursemaided
  2. nursemaiding
  3. nursemaids
  4. nurseman
  5. nursemen
  6. nursepond
  7. nurseponds
  8. nurser
  9. nurseries
  10. nursers
  11. nursery

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