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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small body of water |
| Synonyms: | basin, dew, duck pond, lagoon, lily pond, millpond, pool, puddle, small lake, splash |
| Main Entry: | lake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inland body of water |
| Synonyms: | basin, creek, inland sea, lagoon, lakelet, loch, mere, millpond, mouth, pond, pool, reservoir, sluice, spring, tarn |
| Main Entry: | ocean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very large body of water |
| Synonyms: | Davy Jones's locker, Seven Seas, blue*, bounding main, brine, briny deep, briny, deep, drink*, high seas, main, pond, puddle, salt water, sea, seaway, sink, tide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of liquid |
| Synonyms: | basin, bath, lagoon, lake, mere, millpond, mud puddle, natatorium, pond, puddle, splash, swimming pool, tank, tarn |
| Notes: | billiards is from French billard 'cue' or 'bent stick' or 'stick to push balls'; billiards is the general name though Americans mainly play pool or pocket billiards - with eight ball and snooker being forms of pool |
| Main Entry: | reservoir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation, repository |
| Synonyms: | backlog, basin, cistern, container, fund, holder, lake, nest egg, pond, pool, receptacle, reserve, source, spring, stock, stockpile, storage, store, supply, tank, tarn |
| Antonyms: | nothingness, zilch |
| Main Entry: | sea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large body of water; large mass |
| Synonyms: | Davy Jones's locker, abundance, blue*, bounding main, brine, briny deep, briny, deep, drink*, expanse, lake, main, multitude, number, ocean, plethora, pond, profusion, sheet, splash*, surf, swell, waves |
| Antonyms: | land |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | container |
| Synonyms: | aquarium, basin, cauldron, cistern, pond, pool, receptacle, reservoir, vat |
| Main Entry: | cistern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reservoir |
| Synonyms: | cisterna, pond, tank, well |
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