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pond

noun: an area of water that is surrounded by land and that is smaller than a lake
noun: a body of water usually smaller than a lake
verb: to block (as a stream) to create a pond
sometimes used with 'the' to refer informally or facetiously to the Atlantic Ocean

In school he was a 'big fish in a small pond', but once he moved to the city he was just another struggling actor.
They moved here from across 'the pond'.

(..) I was winning here. Come on, man. It can't be running on gears 'cause I don't see a crank. And it's too old to be running on batteries. "Kneel before the fabled pond where Narcissus drowned after falling in love with his own reflection. There thou will find his lover Echo (..)
2009 The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
(..) ...seduced by forest-haunting nymphs of legendary beauty, a circus where demons were entertained by the torture of the damned. There was even a pond where beneath its magical waters held all the world's fantasies and nightmares. Olympus-- heaven. (..)
2009 The Black Waters of Echo's Pond