What do you call the land area around a pond?
Usually "shore" and "beach" are used when talking about a large body of water. But what if we talk about a pond? Is the area around it still called a beach/shore?
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Usually "shore" and "beach" are used when talking about a large body of water. But what if we talk about a pond? Is the area around it still called a beach/shore?
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I wouldn't use those words. I'd talk about the edge of the pond, but I have no particular word for the land around it.
– Colin Fine
3 hours ago
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@ColinFine the wikipedia article on ponds uses the word "shore".
– Happy
3 hours ago
1
Note that the area around a pond has no typical structure -- may be flat, may be sloped, may be marshy, may be dry, etc. So, aside from very generic terms such as "shore", terms specific to the individual conditions are apt to be used.
– Hot Licks
2 hours ago
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It would take some research but I suggest that both 'beach' and 'shore' incorporate the idea of waves. Both beaches and shores are not mere lines in the ground but are areas within which tide and wave motion occur. So whether an inland lake or a sea lake or a fjord, all having waves, 'beach' or 'shore' is appropriate. But ponds have ripples, not waves.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
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Usually "shore" and "beach" are used when talking about a large body of water. But what if we talk about a pond? Is the area around it still called a beach/shore?
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Usually "shore" and "beach" are used when talking about a large body of water. But what if we talk about a pond? Is the area around it still called a beach/shore?
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I wouldn't use those words. I'd talk about the edge of the pond, but I have no particular word for the land around it.
– Colin Fine
3 hours ago
1
@ColinFine the wikipedia article on ponds uses the word "shore".
– Happy
3 hours ago
1
Note that the area around a pond has no typical structure -- may be flat, may be sloped, may be marshy, may be dry, etc. So, aside from very generic terms such as "shore", terms specific to the individual conditions are apt to be used.
– Hot Licks
2 hours ago
1
It would take some research but I suggest that both 'beach' and 'shore' incorporate the idea of waves. Both beaches and shores are not mere lines in the ground but are areas within which tide and wave motion occur. So whether an inland lake or a sea lake or a fjord, all having waves, 'beach' or 'shore' is appropriate. But ponds have ripples, not waves.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
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I wouldn't use those words. I'd talk about the edge of the pond, but I have no particular word for the land around it.
– Colin Fine
3 hours ago
1
@ColinFine the wikipedia article on ponds uses the word "shore".
– Happy
3 hours ago
1
Note that the area around a pond has no typical structure -- may be flat, may be sloped, may be marshy, may be dry, etc. So, aside from very generic terms such as "shore", terms specific to the individual conditions are apt to be used.
– Hot Licks
2 hours ago
1
It would take some research but I suggest that both 'beach' and 'shore' incorporate the idea of waves. Both beaches and shores are not mere lines in the ground but are areas within which tide and wave motion occur. So whether an inland lake or a sea lake or a fjord, all having waves, 'beach' or 'shore' is appropriate. But ponds have ripples, not waves.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
I wouldn't use those words. I'd talk about the edge of the pond, but I have no particular word for the land around it.
– Colin Fine
3 hours ago
I wouldn't use those words. I'd talk about the edge of the pond, but I have no particular word for the land around it.
– Colin Fine
3 hours ago
1
1
@ColinFine the wikipedia article on ponds uses the word "shore".
– Happy
3 hours ago
@ColinFine the wikipedia article on ponds uses the word "shore".
– Happy
3 hours ago
1
1
Note that the area around a pond has no typical structure -- may be flat, may be sloped, may be marshy, may be dry, etc. So, aside from very generic terms such as "shore", terms specific to the individual conditions are apt to be used.
– Hot Licks
2 hours ago
Note that the area around a pond has no typical structure -- may be flat, may be sloped, may be marshy, may be dry, etc. So, aside from very generic terms such as "shore", terms specific to the individual conditions are apt to be used.
– Hot Licks
2 hours ago
1
1
It would take some research but I suggest that both 'beach' and 'shore' incorporate the idea of waves. Both beaches and shores are not mere lines in the ground but are areas within which tide and wave motion occur. So whether an inland lake or a sea lake or a fjord, all having waves, 'beach' or 'shore' is appropriate. But ponds have ripples, not waves.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
It would take some research but I suggest that both 'beach' and 'shore' incorporate the idea of waves. Both beaches and shores are not mere lines in the ground but are areas within which tide and wave motion occur. So whether an inland lake or a sea lake or a fjord, all having waves, 'beach' or 'shore' is appropriate. But ponds have ripples, not waves.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
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Bank
The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
-Oxford Living Dictionary
From Farming Fresh Water Prawns: A Manual...
The banks of the pond (sometimes referred to as embankments or bunds)...
Also:
In geography, the word bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography...The shoreline of ponds, swamps, estuaries, reservoirs, or lakes are also of interest in limnology and are sometimes referred to as banks.
Wikipedia
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In English, if I were in a pond and want to get out of the pond, then I may say:
After swimming, I will get on [dry] land.
I put "dry" in brackets, because that is optional.
It is possible to use "shoreline" or "shore" to describe the edge of a pond.
Sometimes, "beach" would be used to describe a small reservoir's land boundary or an ocean's land boundary.
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Bank
The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
-Oxford Living Dictionary
From Farming Fresh Water Prawns: A Manual...
The banks of the pond (sometimes referred to as embankments or bunds)...
Also:
In geography, the word bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography...The shoreline of ponds, swamps, estuaries, reservoirs, or lakes are also of interest in limnology and are sometimes referred to as banks.
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Bank
The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
-Oxford Living Dictionary
From Farming Fresh Water Prawns: A Manual...
The banks of the pond (sometimes referred to as embankments or bunds)...
Also:
In geography, the word bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography...The shoreline of ponds, swamps, estuaries, reservoirs, or lakes are also of interest in limnology and are sometimes referred to as banks.
Wikipedia
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Bank
The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
-Oxford Living Dictionary
From Farming Fresh Water Prawns: A Manual...
The banks of the pond (sometimes referred to as embankments or bunds)...
Also:
In geography, the word bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography...The shoreline of ponds, swamps, estuaries, reservoirs, or lakes are also of interest in limnology and are sometimes referred to as banks.
Wikipedia
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Bank
The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
-Oxford Living Dictionary
From Farming Fresh Water Prawns: A Manual...
The banks of the pond (sometimes referred to as embankments or bunds)...
Also:
In geography, the word bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography...The shoreline of ponds, swamps, estuaries, reservoirs, or lakes are also of interest in limnology and are sometimes referred to as banks.
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In English, if I were in a pond and want to get out of the pond, then I may say:
After swimming, I will get on [dry] land.
I put "dry" in brackets, because that is optional.
It is possible to use "shoreline" or "shore" to describe the edge of a pond.
Sometimes, "beach" would be used to describe a small reservoir's land boundary or an ocean's land boundary.
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In English, if I were in a pond and want to get out of the pond, then I may say:
After swimming, I will get on [dry] land.
I put "dry" in brackets, because that is optional.
It is possible to use "shoreline" or "shore" to describe the edge of a pond.
Sometimes, "beach" would be used to describe a small reservoir's land boundary or an ocean's land boundary.
answered 3 hours ago
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In English, if I were in a pond and want to get out of the pond, then I may say:
After swimming, I will get on [dry] land.
I put "dry" in brackets, because that is optional.
It is possible to use "shoreline" or "shore" to describe the edge of a pond.
Sometimes, "beach" would be used to describe a small reservoir's land boundary or an ocean's land boundary.
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In English, if I were in a pond and want to get out of the pond, then I may say:
After swimming, I will get on [dry] land.
I put "dry" in brackets, because that is optional.
It is possible to use "shoreline" or "shore" to describe the edge of a pond.
Sometimes, "beach" would be used to describe a small reservoir's land boundary or an ocean's land boundary.
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I wouldn't use those words. I'd talk about the edge of the pond, but I have no particular word for the land around it.
– Colin Fine
3 hours ago
1
@ColinFine the wikipedia article on ponds uses the word "shore".
– Happy
3 hours ago
1
Note that the area around a pond has no typical structure -- may be flat, may be sloped, may be marshy, may be dry, etc. So, aside from very generic terms such as "shore", terms specific to the individual conditions are apt to be used.
– Hot Licks
2 hours ago
1
It would take some research but I suggest that both 'beach' and 'shore' incorporate the idea of waves. Both beaches and shores are not mere lines in the ground but are areas within which tide and wave motion occur. So whether an inland lake or a sea lake or a fjord, all having waves, 'beach' or 'shore' is appropriate. But ponds have ripples, not waves.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago