catchment vs pond

catchment

verb
  • To divide into catchment areas. 

noun
  • Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. 

  • A catchment area, or the people it serves. 

pond

verb
  • To form a pond; to pool. 

  • To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam. 

  • To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming. 

noun
  • The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond. 

  • An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. 

  • An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river. 

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