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hot pond Lumbering 
1 a pond where logs are held for immediate use.
See also: hot deck
- 1966 Sawlogs go directly to the sawmill yard to be unloaded into the hot pond or on to storage piles.
2 See quote.
- 1966 When winter comes, the frozen logs will be thawed in the hot pond which will be heated by two Eclipse gas-fired heaters. . . . Openings between bays at both ends of the pond allow the water to circulate in the heating process.
- 1966 Sawlogs go directly to the sawmill yard to be unloaded into the hot pond or on to storage piles.