What is another word for fishpond?

Pronunciation: [fˈɪʃpɒnd] (IPA)

A fishpond is a man-made or natural pond specifically used for raising fish. However, there are many synonyms you can use when you want to refer to a fishpond. Here are a few options with varying connotations: fish tank, fishery, aquarium, fish pool, fish farm, hatchery, aquaculture pond, raising pond, and breeding pond. Each term implies slightly different uses and environments but all ultimately refer to a pond or tank filled with fish. Whether you're discussing commercial fish farming or a backyard koi pond, the appropriate synonym can help you clarify your meaning and word choice.

What are the hypernyms for Fishpond?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Fishpond?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for fishpond (as nouns)

Usage examples for Fishpond

Of the original buildings that, when first completed, must have been one of the grandest and most finely situated groups in the world, all that now remain are the towers of the north wall, in one of which is the vast hall of the Ambassadors, and various colonnaded rooms and porticoes ranged round two spacious courts, one called that of the fishpond, the other that of the Lions.
"Architecture"
Nancy R E Meugens Bell
Caught in part, in the fishpond of bad priests, they show themselves ready for everything, and turn out to be souls of old usurers, low jobbers, beggars, when you press them.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
She herself abandoned the old habitation of the Comte de Tecle, to install herself near her daughter in the modest chateau which belonged to the maternal ancestors of M. de Camors, and which we have already described in another place, with its solemn avenue, its balustrades of granite, its labyrinths of hornbeams and the black fishpond, shaded with poplars.
"Monsieur de Camors, v3"
Octave Feuillet

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