puddle

CEFRB1

/ˈpʌdl̩/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small pool of water lying on the ground.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.

Examples

  • A passing car hit a puddle and splashed water all over me.

  • The ice melted into a puddle of water.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Stagnant or polluted water.

  2. A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.

  3. The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.

More examples

In context

  • He jumped across the puddle.

  • And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like puddle stank […].

  • Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]

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Origin

noun

From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *puddaz (compare Low German Pudel (“puddle”), Middle High German podel (“quagmire, mudhole”), Hunsrik Puttel, dialectal German Pfudel (“puddle”), German pudeln (“to splash about”)), ultimately imitative.