billabong

noun

ˈbi-lə-ˌbȯŋ How to pronounce billabong (audio)
Definition of billabongnext
Australian
as in pool
a small often deep body of water taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong

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Recent Examples of billabong Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants. — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 The plants and creatures were fossilized when iron-rich groundwater drained into a billabong, or water hole. — Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022 Fifteen million years ago, a river carved through the jungle, leaving an oxbow lake (known as a billabong in Australia) in its wake at McGraths Flat. — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 Cruises operate daily and are a fantastic way to discover the billabong's remarkable flora and fauna. — Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017 Farmers are fretting about their water being diverted to swamps and billabongs. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billabong
  1. pool
  2. puddle
  3. lake
Noun
  • That’s a little bit like what the pool party at Carmella’s house is like too.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But his record of publicly interacting with Piker — including at a pool party just before the primary — remains a sore point among some Michigan Democrats.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of pool
Noun
  • When rain puddles and settles around a house, or worse, in the basement, don’t wait.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Rain leaves behind standing water in puddles and containers, which female mosquitoes use to lay eggs.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of puddle
Noun
  • The lake is also the second-smallest Great Lake by volume, holding about 393 cubic miles of water, according to the National Museum of the Great Lakes.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Rescue efforts were still ramping up Friday when a swollen glacial lake in the mountains upstream from the affected area, dammed up by debris and filling with meltwater, raised concerns of a possible new inundation looming.
    — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of lake

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“Billabong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billabong. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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