"pondage" meaning in English

See pondage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pondages [plural]
Etymology: pond + -age Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pond|age}} pond + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pondage (countable and uncountable, plural pondages)
  1. The small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pondage-en-noun-LI7sXJsp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 76 24
  2. The water in a reservoir. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pondage-en-noun-uq49sgLo

Inflected forms

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