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sliding pond

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New York City/ˈslɑjdɪŋˈpɑn/

sliding pond noun: a frozen pond on which people skate.

Noun

sliding pond (plural sliding ponds)

  1. (obsolete) A frozen pond on which people skate.
  2. (obsolete) An area of the ground or flooring made very smooth so people may slide.
  3. (New-York-City) A slide (object onto which children climb and down which they slide).

Forms of sliding pond

pluralsliding ponds

Origin of sliding pond

One suggestion is that the term in its meaning of "children's slide" derives from the literal meaning by extension. Another is that it derives from Dutch glijbaan or the earlier form glijd-baene: note the common pronunciation of pond in sliding pond as /pɑn/.

Questions about sliding pond

What does sliding pond mean?
Sliding pond means a frozen pond on which people skate.
What part of speech is sliding pond?
Sliding pond is a noun.
How do you pronounce sliding pond?
Sliding pond is pronounced /ˈslɑjdɪŋˈpɑn/ (New York City).
What is the plural of sliding pond?
The plural of sliding pond is sliding ponds.

Words near sliding pond in the dictionary

  1. sliding into someone's DMs
  2. sliding into the DMs
  3. sliding keel
  4. sliding keels
  5. sliding off
  6. sliding pond
  7. sliding ponds
  8. sliding scale
  9. sliding scales
  10. sliding tackle
  11. sliding tackles

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