millpond

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millpond

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From mill + pond.

noun millponds

A pond or reservoir produced by damming a river or stream in order to provide a steady source of water for a millrace. When I came to the saw-mill at Brække, the sky was overcast, it was already growing dark, only above the level of the north-western horizon there appeared a streak of light, which threw a subdued glimmer on the tranquil surface of the mill-pond.

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noun pond or reservoir

中文	磨坊水池 mòfáng shuǐchí

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@misc{millpond_2026,
  title = {millpond},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/millpond},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}