Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A pond formed by a milldam.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A pond or reservoir of water for use in driving a mill-wheel.
Wiktionary
- n. A pond or reservoir produced by damming a river or stream in order to provide a steady source of water for a millrace
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a pond that supplies the water for a mill.
- n. a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel
Examples
“Young Benjamin Franklin tried hard to explain that a wharf on the edge of the millpond was a public necessity.”
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“Bennett, thirty miles in length, was like a millpond; but, half way across, a gale from the south smote them and turned the water white.”
“I agree with you, though a lagoon is no millpond for riding it out.”
“But a few hours ago, you can see from this video –usually teeming with ferries and other craft– that the river was as calm as a millpond.7.44pm ET: More on the growing concern over the New York mayor's attitude to Rikers Island.”
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“The surface of the water is flat as a millpond, a sea of tranquillity broken only by the art deco spire of the Chrysler Building which, like the crown of a colossal King Canute, bears silent witness to the deluge that has turned Manhattan into a man-made reef and New York into a new Atlantis.”
“His eyes, however, remained like two blue chips of ice from the millpond beyond.”
“Soft, quivering, its surface as still as a village millpond, this is yogurt as it was meant to be, without sugar, fruit or flavouring.”
““Forgive me, brother, but here we look at the game reserves of Kenya the way a sailor who plies the great ocean might regard a little millpond.””
“Facebook groups have been set up devoted to his chisel-jawed cuteness and millpond-at-midnight eyes.”
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“The scoop hit the stream now churning down the sluice, the object came loose, and Jamie's father's erstwhile drawers floated majestically out onto the waters of the millpond.”
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