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Definition of "puddle" []
- A small pool of water, especially rainwater. (noun)
- A small pool of a liquid. (noun)
- A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry. (noun)
- To make muddy. (verb-transitive)
- To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste. (verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Use "puddle" in a sentence
- "If I get this right, Ron Levin apparently did not bother to learn that the photo he thought was a flat portion of the Martian surface with a puddle is actually a photo of a sloping cliff inside a crater."
- "Just like on so many issues nationally and right here in puddle city."
- "Stop at a rain puddle and see how far you can make the water splatter away."