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millpond
Something lands with an almighty splash in this calm millpond of melancholy regret.
From the guardian.co.uk
The lake first originated as a millpond for a local corn and grain mill in the area.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I rented a cottage by the beach with a view of the millpond Messenian Gulf.
From the theaustralian.com.au
But it precludes escape on a day when the water is as flat as a millpond.
From the economist.com
The location, with a mill presiding over its own reflection in a millpond, is stunning.
From the guardian.co.uk
It ceased mill operations by 1839 and by 1885 both the leat and millpond had disappeared.
From the en.wikipedia.org
All around, a millpond sea and the sky tinged pink at the horizon.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It's near Holetown on the island's Platinum Coast, where sandy white beaches meet the millpond-calm sea.
From the newsshopper.co.uk
Were you to stand on the shores of one of Titan's lakes, you would see it was as calm as a millpond.
From the newscientist.com
- A pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel
- A mill pond is any body of water used as a reservoir for a water-powered mill. Mill ponds were often created through the construction of a mill dam across a waterway. In many places, the common proper name Mill Pond name has remained even though the mill has long since gone.
- A 17-point program, approved by President John F. Kennedy on 9 March 1961, to prepare or improve the US military posture in Laos; also known as OPN MILLPOND. See PEO, WHITE STAR.
- A reservoir built to provide flowing water to a watermill.
