puddle
puddle Lexical Profile
puddle Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A small pool of liquid, especially rainwater that has collected on the ground.
"After the heavy storm, the children spent the afternoon cheerfully jumping in every puddle they could find."
A thick, watertight mixture of wet clay and sand used in construction or engineering to line ponds and canals.
"The engineers lined the trench with a layer of puddle to prevent the canal water from seeping into the surrounding soil."
• verb
To collect in or form a small pool of liquid.
"The spilled milk quickly puddled beneath the kitchen table before anyone noticed the accident."
To work clay and sand with water into a dense, watertight mixture.
"The builders systematically puddled the clay to line the base of the newly excavated reservoir."
• Rhymes for puddle
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'podel', likely derived as a diminutive from Old English 'pudd', meaning a ditch or furrow.
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