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Definition of puddle noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

puddle

noun
 
/ˈpʌdl/
 
/ˈpʌdl/
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  1. a small amount of water or other liquid, especially rain, that has collected in one place on the ground
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPuddle is used after these nouns:
    • mud
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    Word OriginMiddle English: diminutive of Old English pudd ‘ditch, furrow’; compare with German dialect Pfudel ‘pool’.
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