millpond
noun
mill·pond
ˈmil-ˌpänd 
: a pond created by damming a stream to produce a head of water for operating a mill
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Emotions missing during the six months of pandemic—spontaneity, hope, joy—flitted like damselflies over the millpond.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
The vast majority of the Delmarva millponds are classic ideal waters for the yaks.
—Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
The grounds include a millpond, lush gardens and a sports court.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 June 2022
When a barroom fight spilled over to a logging operation, a rival nearly drowned him between millpond logs.
—Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
The Clearwater millpond of Potlatch Forests, for example, has a backwater of 769 acres, which can easily handle the 50 million feet of a log drive.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
More: Margaret Zerwekh is remembered for historic home, millpond dam and Cushing's Medal of Honor
She is survived by her daughter Sally Weber of Delafield; and grandson, Henry Maxwell Weber, of Parshall, Colorado.
—Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
Zerwekh may be best known locally for her decadelong fight to be allowed to remove the dam, which created the millpond between Lake Nagawicka and Upper Nemahbin Lake.
—Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
Zerwekh may be best known locally for her decade-long fight to be allowed to remove the dam, which created the millpond between Lake Nagawicka and Upper Nemahbin Lake.
—Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2018
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
The vast majority of the Delmarva millponds are classic ideal waters for the yaks.
—Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
The grounds include a millpond, lush gardens and a sports court.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 June 2022
When a barroom fight spilled over to a logging operation, a rival nearly drowned him between millpond logs.
—Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
The Clearwater millpond of Potlatch Forests, for example, has a backwater of 769 acres, which can easily handle the 50 million feet of a log drive.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
More: Margaret Zerwekh is remembered for historic home, millpond dam and Cushing's Medal of Honor
She is survived by her daughter Sally Weber of Delafield; and grandson, Henry Maxwell Weber, of Parshall, Colorado.
—Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
Zerwekh may be best known locally for her decadelong fight to be allowed to remove the dam, which created the millpond between Lake Nagawicka and Upper Nemahbin Lake.
—Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
Zerwekh may be best known locally for her decade-long fight to be allowed to remove the dam, which created the millpond between Lake Nagawicka and Upper Nemahbin Lake.
—Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2018
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millpond
noun
mill·pond
ˈmil-ˌpänd
: a pond that supplies water for running a mill
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