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FISHPOND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fishpond mean?
• FISHPOND (noun)
The noun FISHPOND has 1 sense:
1. a freshwater pond with fish
Familiarity information: FISHPOND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A freshwater pond with fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("fishpond" is a kind of...):
Context examples
Said Lina: “Be a fishpond, and I will be the duck upon it.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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