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pondstead

pondstead noun: a pond and its surrounding area.

Noun

pondstead (plural pondsteads)

  1. A pond and its surrounding area.
    • Human bones have been frequently discovered near the pondstead, probably the scite of the domestic chapel and cemetery.1834, Eneas Mackenzie, An historical, topographical and descriptive view of the County Palatine of Durham
    • Now, though few farmers can have either the one or the other, there are few who cannot clean out old ditches or pondsteads, where the richest alluvial matter is deposited, and which will not only improve the water, but will also afford a valuable supply of the very best kind of manure.1852, The Farmer's Magazine, page 436

Forms of pondstead

pluralpondsteads

Origin of pondstead

From pond + stead.

Questions about pondstead

What does pondstead mean?
Pondstead means a pond and its surrounding area.
What part of speech is pondstead?
Pondstead is a noun.
What is the plural of pondstead?
The plural of pondstead is pondsteads.

Words near pondstead in the dictionary

  1. pondsful
  2. pondside
  3. pondskater
  4. pondskaters
  5. pondspice
  6. pondstead
  7. pondsteads
  8. pondus
  9. pondus Judaeus
  10. pondward
  11. pondwards

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