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Puddle

/ˈpʌdəl/

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

📖 Definitions of "Puddle"

noun

1
A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.
2
Stagnant or polluted water.
3
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
4
The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.

verb

1
To form a puddle.
2
To play or splash in a puddle.
3
Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
4
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.

17 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
muddlenoun	To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
makeverb	(transitive) To create.
addlenoun	To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse.
micturateverb	(intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate.
poolnoun	A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
piddlenoun	(UK, Australia, South Africa, Namibia, euphemistic slang, intransitive or reflexive) To urinate.
wee-weenoun	(UK, childish) Urine.
spend a pennyverb	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, euphemistic) To use the toilet.
weenoun	(UK, colloquial) To urinate.
relieve oneselfverb	eliminate urine
pissverb	(usually uncountable) Urine.
make waterverb	(euphemistic) To urinate.
pee-peeverb	(childish, slang) To urinate.
urinateverb	(intransitive, urology) To pass urine from the body.
take a leakverb	(informal, euphemistic) To urinate.
pass waterverb	(euphemistic) To urinate.
peenoun	(intransitive, colloquial) To urinate.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
poolnoun	A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
spend a pennyverb	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, euphemistic) To use the toilet.
pass waterverb	(euphemistic) To urinate.
urinateverb	(intransitive, urology) To pass urine from the body.
make waterverb	(euphemistic) To urinate.
micturateverb	(intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate.
piddlenoun	(British, Australia, euphemistic slang) Piss: urine.
take a leakverb	(informal, euphemistic) To urinate.
pissnoun	(usually uncountable) Urine.
peenoun	(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) An act of urination.
pee-peenoun	Urine.
wee-weenoun	(UK, childish) Urine.
makenoun	Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
muddlenoun	A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
addlenoun	An unwise or intellectually impaired person.
weenoun	(colloquial, uncountable) Urine.
relieve oneselfverb	eliminate urine
pondnoun	An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
seanoun	The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
crapnoun	(slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.