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pondy

UK/pɒndi/US/pɑndi/

pondy adjective: resembling a pond; pondlike.

Adjective

pondy (comparative more pondy, superlative most pondy)

  1. Resembling a pond; pondlike
    • Our tea was made of a brown pondy liquid, which looked like water in a tanner's vat.1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers
    • And faint across the creek, the road, and the fields lay the pondy smell of spatter-docks.1911, Dallas Lore Sharp, Roof and Meadow

Proper noun capitalized: Pondy

Pondy

  1. Nickname for Puducherry: the capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.

Forms of pondy

comparativemore pondy
superlativemost pondy

Origin of pondy

From pond + -y.

Abbreviation of Pondicherry, former name of Puducherry.

Questions about pondy

What does pondy mean?
Pondy means resembling a pond; pondlike.
What part of speech is pondy?
Pondy can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pondy?
Pondy is pronounced /pɒndi/ (UK).

Words near pondy in the dictionary

  1. pondwater
  2. pondwaters
  3. pondweed
  4. pondweeds
  5. pondwort
  6. pondy
  7. pone
  8. Poneasca
  9. Ponebel
  10. poneer
  11. ponent

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