"millpond" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: millponds [plural]
Etymology: mill + pond Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mill|pond}} mill + pond Head templates: {{en-noun}} millpond (plural millponds)
  1. A pond or reservoir produced by damming a river or stream in order to provide a steady source of water for a millrace. Categories (place): Bodies of water Derived forms: calm as a millpond Related terms: milldam, millrace Translations (pond or reservoir): воденичен вир (vodeničen vir) (Bulgarian), bassa del molí [feminine] (Catalan), myllylampi (Finnish), banzado [masculine] (Galician), cubo [masculine] (Galician), presa [feminine] (Galician)
    Sense id: en-millpond-en-noun-Dx0v4rAr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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