Puddle
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Not Always Water
Though often from rain, puddles can consist of other liquids, like spilled drinks or oil. A spilled beverage created a sticky puddle on the kitchen floor.
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Small Size
Puddles are small and shallow. Bigger bodies of water are not called puddles. Children watched the fish swim in the pond, too big to be a puddle.
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Temporary Nature
Puddles are usually short-lived, drying up after some time. By noon, the morning's puddles had all disappeared.