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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A pond of northeast Massachusetts near Concord. Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin near the pond from 1845 to 1847.

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Examples

  • I arrived there in the late afternoon and found my way to Walden Pond, which is a small municipal park.

    Thoughts on April 4 2008

  • And then he and the First Lady will attend the opening of the Thoreau Institute at Walden Pond, which is protecting that treasure for those who will enjoy the next century.

    Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry A ITY National Archives 1998

  • And then he and the First Lady will attend the opening of the Thoreau Institute at Walden Pond, which is protecting that treasure for those who will enjoy the next century.

    Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1998

  • And when shall I show you a pretty pasture and wood-lot which I bought last week on the borders of a lake which is the chief ornament of this town, called Walden Pond?

    The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II Carlyle, Thomas 1883

  • a pretty pasture and wood-lot which I bought last week on the borders of a lake which is the chief ornament of this town, called Walden Pond?

    The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • a little lake half a mile wide and more, called Walden Pond, -- a place to which my feet have for years been accustomed to bring me once or twice a week at all seasons.

    The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • Even though I’ve been to Washington already with my parents, given a choice between going there again and having to tromp around Walden Pond, which is exactly five miles from my house, and where I’ve spent nearly every day of every summer since before I can remember, I’d pick Dc in a flash.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • Even though I’ve been to Washington already with my parents, given a choice between going there again and having to tromp around Walden Pond, which is exactly five miles from my house, and where I’ve spent nearly every day of every summer since before I can remember, I’d pick Dc in a flash.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • Even though I’ve been to Washington already with my parents, given a choice between going there again and having to tromp around Walden Pond, which is exactly five miles from my house, and where I’ve spent nearly every day of every summer since before I can remember, I’d pick Dc in a flash.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • Even though I’ve been to Washington already with my parents, given a choice between going there again and having to tromp around Walden Pond, which is exactly five miles from my house, and where I’ve spent nearly every day of every summer since before I can remember, I’d pick Dc in a flash.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

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