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pondage

pondage noun: the small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant.

Noun

pondage (countable and uncountable, plural pondages)

  1. The small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant.
  2. The water in a reservoir.

Forms of pondage

pluralpondages

Origin of pondage

From pond + -age.

Questions about pondage

What does pondage mean?
Pondage means the small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant.
What part of speech is pondage?
Pondage is a noun.
What is the plural of pondage?
The plural of pondage is pondages.

Words near pondage in the dictionary

  1. pond turtle
  2. pond turtles
  3. pond-skater
  4. pond-skaters
  5. Ponda
  6. pondage
  7. pondages
  8. pondan
  9. pondans
  10. ponde
  11. ponded

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