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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

pond
     n : a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn: pool]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Pond \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water,
   and the same word as pound. See Pound an inclosure.]
   A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and
   usually of less extent than a lake. ``Through pond or pool.''
   --Milton.

   Pond hen (Zo["o]l.), the American coot. See Coot
   (a) .

   Pond lily (Bot.), the water lily. See under Water, and
      Illust. under Nymph[ae]a.

   Pond snail (Zo["o]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water
      ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing
      snails (Pulmonifera) belonging to Limn[ae]a, Physa,
      Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are
      pectinibranchs, belonging to Melantho, Valvata, and
      various other genera.
Pond \Pond\, v. t.
   To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by
   damming.
Pond \Pond\, v. t. [See Ponder.]
   To ponder. [Obs.]

         Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. --Spenser.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Pond, CA
  Zip code(s): 93280