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stewpond en · NOUN

Etymology

From stew + pond.

Meanings

1. Synonym of stew (“a pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating”).
   • Then, there is a dovecote, some delightful stewponds, and a very pretty canal; and everything, in short, that one could wish for: and, moreover, it is close to the church, and only a quarter of a mile from the turnpike-road, so 'tis never dull, for if you only go and sit up in an old yew arbour behind the house, you may see all the carriages that pass along. 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 30, in Sense and Sensibility:

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Synonyms

stew