as in pool
a small often deep body of water splashing in the puddles on the way home from the bus stop

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Recent Examples of puddle Pooling water turned the dirt into a slippery mud puddle, quickly staining the bottom of the white wedding dress brown. Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 No point in a ten-year tracker that can’t handle a puddle. Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 18 Dec. 2024 Related article Children are drinking from puddles and wading through sewage pools, as Israel pummels water systems in Gaza Bacterial infections like diarrhea have become commonplace in the enclave due to the consumption of contaminated water. Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024 Lovick, with friends Je-Quan Irving and Floyd Washington, cleaned out the muck and stocked the puddle with a 50-bag of goldfish from the neighborhood pet store. The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for puddle 

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“Puddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puddle. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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