millpondnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɪl.pɒnd/us/ˈmɪl.pɑːnd/a pool of water that provides the power to make the wheel of a mill turn:
The sea that day was like a millpond (= very calm and not moving).
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Inland waters
- body
- crater lake
- fiord
- fjord
- L, l
- lake
- loch
- lough
- oasis
- oxbow lake
- pond
- pool
- reservoir
- ribbon lake
- slop
- stretch
- tank
- tarn
- waterhole
- waterway
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