millpond

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a pool of water held to drive a mill wheel; a very calm surface

   The sea was as flat as a millpond at dawn.

A compound of mill (Old English mylen, from Late Latin molīna, from Latin molere 'to grind') + pond (a variant of Middle English pounde 'enclosure').

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