birdbath

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Water can be supplied in a birdbath, a small pond, a re-circulating waterfall (do not include washing powder in the water falls) or a shallow dish.

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  1. noun A basin filled with water for birds to drink and bathe in.

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  • A pedestal that might once have held a birdbath or statuary stood in the center. —  Muller, Marcia - [McCone 08] Eye of the Storm UC FR.htm
  • His visitor, a balding man in a gray suit, was brandishing a molded clay object about nine inches high that looked for all the world like a birdbath for crickets. —  EQMM, July 2005
  • Would he have used the miniature birdbath, the very object he came to retrieve, as a murder weapon I don't know, Doc, but what other explanation is there? —  EQMM, July 2005
  • Her next shot exploded a concrete birdbath, only a yard or so to Sullivan's right. —  Patterson, James - [Alex Cross 12] - Cross
  • Water can be supplied in a birdbath, a small pond, a re-circulating waterfall (do not include washing powder in the water falls) or a shallow dish. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
 

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