frozen ponds
Ice-covered small lakes
Frozen ponds are bodies of standing water that have iced over, typically in winter.
The phrase evokes childhood activities like skating or hockey, and carries an implicit warning—pond ice varies in thickness and can be dangerous: We used to skate on the frozen pond behind the barn.
The frozen pond cracked under his weight.
- iceWater's solid form
- skatingGliding on blades
- figure skatingChoreographed athletic ice performance
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- winter wonderlandPicturesque snowy scene
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- frozen surfacesglaciers, icebergs, ice rinks, ice roads, black ice
- winter scenessnow scenes, snowscapes, snowfall, winter nights, icicles
- seasonsautumn, summer, winter, spring, fall
- Rural sceneryrolling hills, meadows, pastures, farmhouses, barns
- Hockey HistoryStanley Cup, Original Six, Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky, Montreal Canadiens
- ice tradeice houses, icehouses, ice blocks, natural ice, ice man
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frozen pondsrunning water
Plumbed household flow
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