What do we call a small pond of rainwater that usually appears on the street after rainfall?
Can we call them a pond?
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9I think you're talking about puddles; ponds are much larger and, e.g., can have fish in them.– Dan BronJul 21, 2016 at 14:28
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1A citizen walks in the pond caused by heavy rain: gettyimages.it/evento/…– user66974Jul 21, 2016 at 14:37
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2@Josh61, that seems more like a flood– hkBstJul 21, 2016 at 14:54
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3Should we answer a question that would take 5 seconds on translate.google.com ? I am assuming here OP is non-native speaker.– k1eranJul 21, 2016 at 19:21
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2@k1eran ~ be careful there k1eran, lest someone call you a dirty bigot and exclusionist :) I've had my fair share of that.– user180089Jul 21, 2016 at 21:30
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If you mean this sort of thing...
... then it's a puddle.
By "Raindog808" from a post by Melina Maniscalco. Plenty more images there, too.
A small pool of liquid, especially of rainwater on the ground:
‘splashing through deep puddles’
figurative ‘a little puddle of light’
answered Jul 21, 2016 at 14:28
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2Any passing doctors would do well not to step in them. They may find them rather deep.– RichardJul 21, 2016 at 18:49
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2But when it's raining cats and dogs you have to be careful to not step in a poodle. Jul 21, 2016 at 21:42