Pond

pond English Etymology As an English surname, from both senses of the noun en pound. As a en de - and north/en nds - surname, Americanized from en Pfund and en Pund respectively, both related to the above. Proper noun 1 Pond en the pond the Atlantic Ocean. 13 October 2002 Renee Vogel Queenly Succession https://web.archive.org/web/20251217112910/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-13-tm-stcruises41-story.html The legendary liner is retiring from transatlantic sailing after 33 years of crossing the Pond between New York and Southampton, England. 8 October 2010 Kevin Rushby Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester – review https://web.archive.org/web/20140105055136/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/09/atlantic-ocean-stories-winchester-review The Pond, as it is dismissively known, is certainly in need of a revamp. Its waters have been despoiled and plundered to the brink of disaster – and in the case of the Grand Banks cod fishery, sent over that edge into deathly extinction. 10 October 2012 Alex Williams Americans Are Barmy Over Britishisms https://web.archive.org/web/20121010222215/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/fashion/americans-are-barmy-over-britishisms.html Perhaps it is a reflection of a larger cultural shift. Arguably, the distance between Britain and the United States (please, not the Pond) is as small as it has ever been. 8 February 2017 Deb Amlen Monumental Work https://web.archive.org/web/20170209051733/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/crosswords/monumental-work-gernreich-aziz-bbc.html We have the ATLANTIC OCEAN running down the center of our grid today and, on either side of the “Pond,” Mr. Trudeau has managed to symmetrically place the British and American English equivalents for four words. Derived terms en across the Pond Pondian Proper noun s en. en 1929 w:G. K. Chesterton The Poet and the Lunatics "How do you know?" asked Mr Pond rather snappishly and in unusual irritation. en Max Pond What is Durfing? (Explained by a Mormon) LDS Quotations https://ldsquotations.com/blog/what-is-durfing-explained-by-a-mormon/ 2025-07-22 Hi, I’m Max Pond. I’m an active mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. https://web.archive.org/web/20251222212059/https://ldsquotations.com/blog/what-is-durfing-explained-by-a-mormon/ Derived terms en Greenspond Anagrams en dnop DNOP Luxembourgish Etymology lb gmw-pro gem-pro la 2 From lb gmh pfunt, from lb goh pfunt pfunt, phunt. Cognate with de Pfund, nl pond, en pound. Pronunciation lb /pont/ Noun n Ponner pound (unit of mass) pound (unit of currency) lb Currency Units of measure