puddle

Object

• clay: Some ponds don't even need a liner - you can puddle the clay!
• iron: In the reconstruction we have used puddled iron - the nearest modern equivalent.

Converse of object

• avoid: She walked around, avoiding the puddles of water.
• hit: When we first bought our new car my wife asked me if I could not hit any puddles or debris in the road.
• leave: I was too embarrassed to look back in case I had left a little puddle behind.

Preposition: on

• floor: Water rises over the top in the tank or cistern and suddenly there are puddles on the floor and drips through your ceiling.
• road: That is one enormous puddle on the road by the pedestrian crossing.

Adjective modifier

• muddy: He would drink water from muddy puddles to survive.
• icy: No rain which was nice but lots and lots of icy puddles.
• frozen: I'm not sure Sunderland's Yacht basin is more impressive than a frozen puddle; ) Fame at last H!
• deep: I drive through the deep puddles to the end of Green Lane near the motorway.
• huge: The campsite became boggy at first, then huge puddles appeared, then, at about 8pm the river burst its banks.
• large: Came upon a large puddle of water about 100m from where we had set up camp.

Modifies a noun

• clay: It will be lined with puddle clay in the traditional way.
• duck: Diver Duck Vocalizations Although divers are vocal, calling them is not as important as it is for puddle ducks.

Noun used with modifier

mud: The symbol may be visual, auditory, or that you step in a mud puddle!

Preposition: of

• mud: Pete: We saw a few lying in puddles of mud backstage... .
• blood: A puddle of blood begins to pool around Michael's head, running thick over the pavement.
• water: There is a puddle of dead water in the hold lapping over the floor down aft.
• oil: I am pleased to confirm that not even a little puddle of oil could be seen on the surface of the finished dish.