fishpond

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English fishpond; equivalent to fish + pond.

Thereupon she took the sieve and threw it into the fishpond. — Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen, Alexander Chodzko
They say some creature from below the cursed fishpond is to marry her--some dreadful beast no doubt. — Fifty-Two Stories For Girls, Unknown
"[516] And Domitius said to Crassus, "Did you not weep for the lamprey that was bred in your fishpond, and died?" — Plutarch's Morals, Plutarch

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