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MILLPOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does millpond mean? 

MILLPOND (noun)
  The noun MILLPOND has 1 sense:

1. a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheelplay

  Familiarity information: MILLPOND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MILLPOND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("millpond" is a kind of...):

pond; pool (a small lake)


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