pondnoun [ C ]
uk/pɒnd/us/pɑːnd/B2 an area of water smaller than a lake, often artificially made:
a duck pond
the pond [ S ] informal
a humorous way of referring to the Atlantic Ocean, when it is thought of as separating the UK or Europe and the US:
It's good to get a view from the other side of the pond.
More examples
- The children enjoy floating their boats on the pond in the park.
- The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.
- a stagnant pond
- The pond was alive with frogs.
- Several large fish live in the pond.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inland waters
- body
- crater lake
- fiord
- fjord
- L, l
- lake
- loch
- lough
- millpond
- oasis
- oxbow lake
- pool
- reservoir
- ribbon lake
- slop
- stretch
- tank
- tarn
- waterhole
- waterway