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(now rare) A shallow (typically artificial) pond occurring in hills without any spring as source, originally thought to be fed by condensation (dew or mist), and now generally believed to be rainfed..
We have no waters to delight / Our broad and brookless vales— / Only the dewpond on the height / Unfed, that never fails […].
Her hair was loose and blew about her shoulders, she ran swiftly, wearing sandals when she set off on the long run to the dewpond.
Use dew pond when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dew pond means (now rare) A shallow (typically artificial) pond occurring in hills without any spring as source, originally thought to be fed by condensation (dew or mist), and now generally believed to be rainfed..
Common synonyms include mist-pond, fog-pond.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We have no waters to delight / Our broad and brookless vales— / Only the dewpond on the height / Unfed, that never fails […].
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