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| aquatic |
When something is aquatic, it has to do with water. An aquatic area is a place with a lot of water, like a swamp or a pond. An aquatic sport, is a sport that takes place in the water, like swimming or diving. [1/2 definitions] |
| freeze |
If you freeze something, you make it into ice or something solid by making it very cold. If the cold wind freezes the pond, the wind turns the pond into ice. [1/7 definitions] |
| freshwater |
A freshwater fish is a fish that lives in water that is not salty. A freshwater pond is a natural pond that is not salty. A freshwater thing has to do with water that does not contain salt like an ocean or sea. |
| ice |
a body of frozen surface water on a lake, pond, sea or river. [1/6 definitions] |
| ice skate |
An ice skate is a boot with a sharp blade attached to the bottom. Ice skates are used for moving or dancing on ice at a rink or on a frozen lake or pond. |
| lotus |
A lotus is a kind of flowering plant that grows in water, like in a pond or lake. The lotus flower is often white, pink, red, purple, yellow, or blue. Some kinds of waterlilies are lotuses. |
| number |
If there are a number of ducks in the pond, it means that there are some ducks in the pond. The number is not really important, but it sounds like there are at least a few, maybe more. [1/8 definitions] |
| pond |
A pond is a natural pool of water that animals can live in. A pond looks like a lake, but it is smaller. Fish and frogs often live in ponds. |
| pool1 |
any small area of liquid that has collected on a surface; puddle; pond. [1/4 definitions] |
| shallow |
When something is shallow, it is not deep. If water in a clear pond is shallow, you can see the bottom of the pond easily. If the water is deep, you can't see the bottom. If a swimming pool is shallow, it is not deep. Even little children can play in it. [1/3 definitions] |
| water lily |
a plant that grows in a pond or lake. Water lilies have large, flat, floating leaves and pretty flowers in various colors. [1/2 definitions] |
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