In Massachusetts a great pond is a pond or lake that is in its natural state at least ten acres in size. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. A pond is a body of water smaller than a Lake, both being examples of Terrain features Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the This includes ponds that were at one time ten or more acres but are now smaller. [1]