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Added 9 October 2026

pond

/pɒnd/ noun

In Latin: stāgnum, piscīna Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pond at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A small lake.
the pond was too small for sailing

Origin

From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.

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