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HORSEPOND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horsepond mean?
• HORSEPOND (noun)
The noun HORSEPOND has 1 sense:
1. a pond for watering horses
Familiarity information: HORSEPOND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pond for watering horses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("horsepond" is a kind of...):
Context examples
I wonder where that boat was built! (laughing heartily); I would not venture over a horsepond in it.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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