PUDDLE

(1) A small pool of water usually a few inches deep and from several inches to several feet across. (2) An accumulation of meltwater on ice due to melting snow or ice. (3) The act of compacting earth, soil, clay, etc. by mixing them with water and rolling or tamping the mixture. (4) A compact mass of earth, soil, clay, or mixture of one or more, which has been compacted through the addition of water and rolling and tamping, and has been made more or less impervious.