millpond

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Nestled beneath the imposing white peaks of two glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca, the aquamarine Lake Palcacocha is as calm as a millpond.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2018

He claims that "like other palaces", Lambeth attracts "courtiers" whose main priority is to maintain a "still millpond" with "a minimum of activity".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2013

The coroners' report, originally written in Latin, describes the death of two-and-half-year-old Jane Shaxspere, who drowned picking marigolds in a stream beside a millpond.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2011

The Swan River just beyond the Waca can often be a millpond with dinghies helplessly becalmed but they buzz along as soon as the doctor calls.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2010

She has enough food in the root cellar to last a long time, and if she doesn’t want to eat smoked fish or venison, she can catch a fresh fish in the millpond.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George