pond

The word “pond” means a small body of still water, smaller than a lake, whether natural or artificial. In plain terms, a small area of standing water, or informally, the Atlantic Ocean when comparing the US and UK.

“Pond” is pronounced pond (/pɑnd/ in IPA).

Here is “pond” used in a sentence: “Ducks were paddling across the village pond.”

Depending on how it is used, “pond” can be a noun and a name.

The word “pond” comes from Middle English. From Middle English pond, a variant of pound ("enclosure"), since a pond originally referred to an enclosed body of water.

“Pond” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Pond” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a small body of still water, smaller than a lake, whether natural or artificial.

A pond is a small body of still water, and a lake is the larger equivalent; being smaller than a lake is the defining idea of a pond. There is no universally agreed size cutoff, so the same body of water may be called either, but ponds are typically small enough to be taken in at a glance.

Either. A pond is a small body of still water whether it formed naturally or was created artificially, so garden ponds, farm ponds, and naturally occurring ponds are all covered by the same word.

A pond is a standalone small body of still water, natural or artificial. Pool typically implies either a man-made structure for swimming or a deeper, still part of a river or stream, while pond suggests an independent body of still water in its own right.