ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fishpond

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fishpond is a noun meaning A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.

Meaning

A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.

Example Sentences

Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution in the morning. Death by immersion in fishponds, death by cruel hooks.
Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.

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