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adj
Nearest a pond; facing a pond; leading toward a pond, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
Broader terms: waterward, waterwards
adv
Toward a pond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
Broader terms: waterward, waterwards
History
Etymology tree English pond Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English pondward From pond + -ward.
